Indigent registration roadshow in Ga-Rankuwa, Region 1 In a continuous effort to reach out to communities, the City of Tshwane is presenting an indigent registration drive in various areas in Tshwane. Officials of the City’s Health and Social Development Department will assist indigent households with registration in Ga-Rankuwa as follows: • Extension 24, open space 13 to 14 December from 09:00 to 15:30 on Saturday and 09:00 to 13:30 on Sunday • Extension 10, open space 13 to 14 December from 09:00 to 15:30 on Saturday and 09:00 to 13:30 on Sunday The roadshow intends to ensure that residents who qualify for indigent social packages are documented in order to enable them to gain access to free basic services and access to the necessary social services. The indigent programme is in line with the City of Tshwane’s policy on indigent people, which is a response to the government’s call to alleviate poverty. The policy allows for free basic services to households that are poor and unable to pay for municipal services. Qualifying indigent households will receive 12 kℓ of free water per month, 100 kW of free electricity per month, free waste and sewage removal, and will be exempted from rates and taxes. The Non-financial Census of Municipalities Report found that the City is giving 100% support to indigent households. It also found that of the 750 937 consumer units receiving water from the City of Tshwane, 110 000 were indigent households. The report was released by Statistics South Africa on 28 August 2014. Who may apply for registration as an indigent household? You may apply if you meet all of the following registration criteria: • Your total monthly household income, excluding child support grants and foster care grants, is not more than the joint pensions of two old-age state pensioners. • Neither you nor any member of your household owns fixed property other than the property where you reside. • You are 18 years or older, unless you are appointed to executorship by a court of law. • You reside at the property for which you are applying, unless you are a legal guardian applying on behalf of a child-headed household. • You are the registered owner of the property for which you are applying or a municipal tenant as defined in the indigent policy. • You are an occupant of property owned by the North West Housing Corporation or the City of Tshwane. • You have a services account with the City of Tshwane. • You are a South African citizen. What documents do you need to register? Certified copies of the following documents should accompany your application: • Proof of income or, if you are unemployed, a sworn affidavit to that effect. • Your identity document and those of your spouse and your dependents. • Your electricity meter number. • The birth certificates of your children and proof of their school attendance (a school report or a letter from the school). • Proof of your marital status (such as a marriage certificate, divorce certificate, proof of customary union/living together or a death certificate, as applicable). For more information call the following officials: Kgomotso EF Mohasoa 012 358 5031 Kgomotso Edwards-Makhura 012 358 4815 Mathapelo Mokwena 012 358 4843/2332
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:16:09 +0000
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