The admin staff of the Metro Bill Revenue Department is useless.

<p>I sold a townhouse in April 2016 but just priort to the sale there was a water leakjust after the time that my tenant left the premises. I contact the authority and duly completed a water insurance claim. The contractor duly repaired the leak and charged me R920.00 whichj I had paid for. The local authority was claiming for the water consumption and dewspite nemerous letters being submitted all this fell on deaf ears. A certain mr.Van Der Meer promised that he would investigate and respond to the claims but again to no avail. I was also informed by the transferring attorney that all moneys due and owing to the council was settled otherwise the transfer would have been blocked. It is now December 2016 and I note that the Council is also claiming energy costs from me despite the fact that the elelctricity is totally up to date. </p> <p>All I can say is the said department and its leaders enjoy abusing their taxpayers / consumer and refuse to refund the deposit that was paid to them. There has to be other forms of competition so as to punish those that are incapable ]of providing an efficient system. Unfortunatrely we have leaders earning huge amounts of salaries paid for by the ratepayers simply to be jerked around from pillar to post. Who is the Mayor and would it be possible to speak to the Municipal Manager or are they only capable of enjoying the good life at the expense of the ratepayer. </p> <p>This makes me extremely mad and I am please that I no longer stay in Durban. </p> <p>I challenge the local authority to investigate and see if they can settle their accounts to the satisfaction of all. </p>