Thursday, December 8, 2011

Blow to rates boycott

David MacGregor
PE Herald, 8 December 2011

Sunshine Coast residents who have been withholding rates payments could be without water and lights this Christmas after a court decision which allows a municipality to cut supplies to defaulters.

Ndlambe Action Group (NAG) chairman Derek Victor yesterday played down the possibility of his 300 supporters facing a dark and dry December.

But DA MP Annette Lovemore warned the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment set a precedent when it came to withholding municipal rates. Read more ...

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