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pposition against an additional levy of 1% on municipal taxes for the next three years to fund a metro police service is mounting with both the opposition party, the DA, and Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber strongly criticising the proposal. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Council heard last Thursday that to establish the metro police, for which a metro police chief has already been recruited, taxpayers would have to pay an additional levy on municipal taxes for the next three years. According to a report to the council, the proposed additional 1% levy for the new fiscal year that begins on July 1, will push rates up by 10.5%. The next year taxpayers will have to pay 1.3% more and the following year an additional 1.5%. Over the same period the expenditure on a metro police service of R309,9 million will rise to R337 million and R362 million thereafter. The budget and treasury directorate pointed out it does, however, not include staff costs. The report emphasized that the implementation plan for the metro police is not based on potential revenue from fines because success with the collection thereof “is too erratic”. The item was withdrawn when the DA pointed out that there is no proper budgeting or job planning for such a service. It will now be tabled for approval at a special board meeting this
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week. According to DA councillor Dean Biddulph their position is that there is more than enough money to fund this venture “by properly addressing operational efficiencies within the metro”. “Ongoing water losses, electricity theft amounting to more than R400 milion added to outstanding traffic fines of around R140 million would provide more than enough funding for the metro police force,” said Biddulph. On Monday the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber president, Mandla Madwara, and CEO, Mr Kevin Hustler, issued an open call for the urgent reconsideration of the proposed one per cent hike towards the costs of a Metro police force. In the statement the chamber said that organised business can no longer condone “throwing good money after bad” and implored the Metro to “cut its cloth according to its existing budget”. “The Goose that lays the golden egg – the rate payers – can no longer afford to carry unwarranted additional burdens. “We believe that business has a substantial case regarding the urgent provision of water and electricity infrastructure, and that the citizens of this Metro deserve priority attention regarding the housing backlog, the eradication of the bucket system, and road infrastructure. “Until infrastructure development and service delivery are demonstrable priorities, and the needs of the people of Nelson Mandela Bay are acted upon and effective solutions implemented, we say: This far, and no further.” Continued on p 5.
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Jenni Gault of Port Elizabeth has been selected to showcase her jewellery designs alongside the world’s best designers. Here Gault show’s some pieces from her collection, “For the Girls”. Her collection, “Circle of Life” will, among other international stages, grace the catwalks of Paris, France in October. INSERT: “Waterfall” (2013 )from Jenni’s Africainspired collection. Read story on page 7. PHOTO:ANNA PAUW
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