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Dear Municipality, Just who must shoulder the blame here?

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I received copies of 2 e-mails from a ratepayer (named C) who sent an e-mail query to the Municipal Customer Care address. According to C, as a result of the Municipality not answering his query within the stated TEN working days it is now prejudicing his need to query his rateable value and he would like to know if he has a case to argue as such.

Now, I can personally vouch for C (Ja Kupido , I know that doesn’t mean much!) as one of those people who crosses t’s and dots i’s – the description for such a person begins with an A and ends with an L so I do not doubt that he has scoured his inbox for a reply and found the Municipality uncaring for their lack thereof.

See the e-mails below:

Sent: 01 April 2013 10:16 AM
To: ‘customercare@mandelametro.gov.za’
Subject: Valuation roll 2013

Dear Madam / Sir

According to the website every property owner should have received correspondence pertaining to the valuation of their property. I do not seem to have received such information for my property at xx Xxxxxx Xx, Charlo. Could you please send me this information via email or advise me how to go about obtaining this information as soon as possible.

Thank you and regards

Cxxxxxx

From: Customer Care [mailto:customercare@mandelametro.gov.za]
Sent: 01 April 2013 10:17 AM
To: Cxxxxxx Xxxxx
Subject: Re: Valuation roll 2013 (Auto Reply)

Dear Customer

This is an automated response from the Budget and Treasury Directorate’s Customer Care Section to confirm that your e-mail/query has been received and is receiving the necessary attention. We will attempt to reply to your query within 10 working days.

Kindly note that the Customer Care Section of the Budget and Treasury Directorate only attends to municipal account-related queries, but all non-account-related queries will however be forwarded to the relevant Service Directorate for attention. This could potentially result in feedback being delayed.

For tracking purposes you will receive a written confirmation within 10 working days, informing you of the status of the query.

Kindly contact our Customer Help-line on telephone 041-506 5555, should you need more information in this regard.

Today is 18 April a full NINETEEN DAYS or THIRTEEN WORKING DAYS after the initial correspondence and still no reply.

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