Kouga se nuusmakers van die jaar

Diegene wat op die hoogte wil kom van die Kouga-nuushoogtepunte van die jaar, kan gerus Our Times se uitgawe van 30 Desember 2011 lees.

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As 2011 draws to a close, the M&G takes a look at Zapiro's year that was. Click here to view.
(With thanks to Jacques Labuscagne)

Regstelling

By nadere ondersoek het Japie Bosch laat weet dat die Kouga inderwaarheid ‘n Graad 3-munisipaliteit is en nie ‘n Graad 4-munisipaliteit soos in die berig, Die soustrein stoom voort, beweer is nie.

Vanaf 1 Julie 2011 sal die maandelikse salarisse en toelaes dus soos volg wees:

Maandelikse salarisse en toelaes: raadslede in Kouga (Graad 3)
AMP	SALARIS	VERVOER- TOELAE	SELFOON-TOELAE	TOTAAL
Burgemeester	R50,991	R 12,748	R 3,146	R 66,885
Onderburgemeester en speaker	R40,793	R 10,198	R 1,570	R 52,561
Burgemeesters- komiteelede	R38,243	R 9,561	R 1,570	R 49,374
Ander raadslede	R15,297	R 3,824	R 979	R 20,101

Die soustrein stoom voort.

Japie Bosch skryf soos volg:

"In die Staatskoerant (no. 1064) van 14 Desember 2011 word die nuwe salarisse van raadslede gegee.

Die tabelle op bladsy 7 en 9 dui op goeie verhogings.  Kouga is ‘n graad 4-munisipaliteit.

·         Burgemeester:  R66 181 per maand (vervoertoelae ingesluit);

·         Onder-burgemeester en speaker: R52 945 per maand (vervoertoelae ingesluit);

·         Burgemeesteskomiteelede:  R49 636 per maand (vervoertoelae ingesluit);

·         Gewone raadslede R19 854 per maand (vervoertoelae ingesluit).

Dis terugwerkend tot 1 Julie 2011."

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Fire service levy

The Jeffreys Bay Residents' Association reports that Kouga residents will be required to pay a fire service levy from July 2012. Read more ...

Another option for the Kouga Municipality’s proposed fire service levy?

Below is an extract from an article, The private provision of public goods in Kenya, by Z Cacares. Click here to access the full article.

“The Adam Smith Institute has published an excerpt from a project I’ve been working on based on research in Kenya’s “informal sector”. The article is about private security firms that provide security subscription packages, run a full fire company and, yes, deliver the mail. Those interested in competitive governance may find it interesting.

BABS [acronym for “Be Assured of Best Services”] Security Services is one such company. For BABS security means much more than guards and cameras. Kenya’s dysfunctional State has failed to provide many services traditionally considered the purview of “public” authorities.

Among others, BABS supplies and maintains all the equipment and staff necessary to operate a full-service fire-fighting outfit. Contracts are typically annual and tied to individual properties – not neighbourhoods or cities. BABS will work with insurance companies to lower premiums if a contract is taken out with their fire service, since some municipal services are unreliable or just non-existent.”

The Coerier – Die Koerier is indebted to local MP and leader of the DA in the National Council of Provinces, Elza van Lingen, for bringing the article to its attention.

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Fire service levy