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Sky-high municipal bill? Maybe the meter reader was faulty

03 February 2020 - 07:00 By wendy knowler
Wendy Knowler Consumer journalist
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A municipal bill is always a bit stress-inducing, given that our consumption of water and electricity varies, plus the charge estimation thing municipalities do because they don’t read our meters every month.
A municipal bill is always a bit stress-inducing, given that our consumption of water and electricity varies, plus the charge estimation thing municipalities do because they don’t read our meters every month.
Image: Werner Hills

There’s nothing like first-hand experience to truly “get” the emotional anguish that goes with life’s challenges.

And I didn’t truly know this particular emotional anguish until I got a R36,000 rates account.

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