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According to Mayco member for finance, Johan van der Merwe, the City couldn’t raise the amount offered, as Wiid-Van Wyk gave only quotes for new appliances and not for the state they were in. “Depreciation is applied in respect of all the subjoining claims as the City is not in a position to compensate residents on the premise of ‘new for old’ and will have to apply an apportionment in respect of age and general wear and tear of the damaged property.” Wiid-Van Wyk says many of the items that were destroyed were in the house when he moved there and he didn’t have the original slips for them. He was told by some of the specialists who came to do an assessment that he should claim for the original price, as only having the items repaired could cause more damage than before, making it a costly business. Wiid-Van Wyk has since learned his life would have been much easier if he’d just decided to claim from his own insurance instead of from the City. “If I did that from the beginning, they would have paid out everything and settled it with the City.” He feels angry for not being told this from the beginning. “The whole thing has left me with a bad taste in my mouth.” VWhat is your opinion on this article? Let us know at briewe@tygerburger.co.za.
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Charne Felix (31), a De La Haye resident and para-athlete, broke her own national T44 long-jump record on Saturday with a distance of 3.81m. Felix, who was born with a club foot, only started doing athletics a year ago and is now training for the Paralympics. Read more about her on page 5. PHOTO: REINHARDT HAMMAN
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man from Oakdale is livid because of what he says is unfair treatment by the City and a loss of around R25 000. CJ Wiid-Van Wyk was one of numerous residents in the area who suffered damages after an unannounced power surge hit the neighbourhood on 20 June this year. And like many other residents, he was stuck in a difficult position. He could claim either from the City of Cape Town’s public liability insurance or from his own insurance, but not from both. Wiid-Van Wyk decided to claim from the City, as he felt it was a problem caused by the City. This was to be the start of a lengthy, costly battle. In August the City made Wiid-Van Wyk an offer of 50% of the cost of repairs he submitted. Whereas Wiid-Van Wyk claimed a loss of around R50 000, the City said they would give R23 980.50, an amount they emphasised would be paid in an effort to settle the matter in an amicable way. Wiid-Van Wyk appealed this decision, which was dismissed. He was then told he had until last Friday to accept the offer. As he had no other options, he finally took the money.
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