Message From The Councillor: Next Valuation Process And Fraudster Debt Collecters Dear Residents and Business Owners,This is an up-date from your Councillor on important things happening in our area and the city at the moment. If you are receiving a message from me for the first time, I’m hoping that you will find these up-dates useful. Should you not wish to receive information on property valuations, planned power outages and other issues affecting residents in Ward 87, you can click on the ‘unsubscribe’ button at the bottom of the message. In this up-date: 1) The next supplementary valuation process (Valuation Roll 10) begins2) City warns against fraudsters posing as City debt collectors 1) CITY SUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION ROLL 10 PROCESSThe City is compelled by legislation to reflect all changes on properties in a Supplementary Valuation Roll. The Supplementary Valuation Roll 10 will be open for inspection and objections from 19 September 2012 to 23 November 2012 at Metro Centre, 158 Civic Boulevard, A-Block, 4th Floor as well as on the City’s website : www . joburg . org . za. Supplementary valuations are performed during each financial year, according to the relevant legislation, to supplement the current general valuation roll with any new properties and/or changes to property values contained in the current general valuation roll.Property owners whose properties are reflected in the Supplementary Valuation Roll 10 will be notified in writing. Supplementary Valuation Roll 10 consists out of approximately 25,000 properties of which the following types of changes are reflected :· New properties have been registered such as subdivisions, consolidations, new sectional title units, etc. (± 32%)· Property category change from vacant to improved where new buildings has been developed (± 44% )· Valuation changes where additions has been completed (± 16%)· Other changes such as Rezoned properties, category changes, etc. (± 7% )· Revaluation of properties where additional property information was supplied, it may result in a valuation decrease or increase. (± 0.06% decrease = 1, 600 properties and 0.01 % increased = 301 properties )If a property owner disagrees with the valuation reflected in the Supplementary Valuation Roll 10, the following process is prescribed:Legislation makes ample provision for any person to object to an entry in a valuation roll, provided that such objection takes place in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed objection period. An objection will be considered by the Municipal Valuer and a Valuation Appeal Board, should you wish to appeal against the findings of the former.Once the inspection period has been closed no more objections can be entertained. All queries can be forwarded to [email protected]) CITY IS WARNING ITS CUSTOMERS AGAINST FRAUDSTERSIt has come to the City’s attention that there is fraud happening with so called “debt collection” companies. Some customers have been receiving “Urgent special disconnection notices” from certain debt collection companies.These letters have the logos of the City of Johannesburg, City Power and Joburg Water on them and at first glance look legit. The following companies are the only ones which do debt collection on behalf of the City of Johannesburg:Bham & Dahya Mojela Hlazo Practice Norman Bissett And Associates Group (Pty) Ltd Nozuko Nxusani Bontle Buhle Trading Enterprises and Moloto Stofile Inc JVHR (Ramatshila) Attorneys I Sithole Inc Mathipane Tsebane AttorneysMoodie & Robertson Denga Inc Makaula Zilwa (Gauteng) Inc Ramushu Mashile Twala Inc Mabuza Hewa Incorporated Madhlopa Mageza-Samuels (Pty) Ltd Ranamane Phungo Inc Selolo RamashiloIn - Quest NICS Revco ( J/V Mohamed Randera )Talk of The OfficeDali MantlanaIntshebe Inv 4 Pty Medaco VVM KRB Debt - In MBDTS Legal ( J/V Ramsurjoo & du Plessis )If you receive any letter other than one of the above listed companies or you are unsure, please contact us immediately by logging a call with the Call Centre on 0860 Joburg.Municipal account holders are advised that they should be very careful when paying their accounts. There are various ways in which customers can pay their municipal accounts. Customers can go in person to any of our Customer Service Centers across the City or at the Post Office. Please note that only cash is accepted here and no credit or debit cards are accepted.If they are paying at a third party vendor such as Pick ‘n Pay, Shoprite, Checkers Hyper etc. they should bring along their municipal account when making a payment in order to ensure that the account number is shown as reference on the receipt. Payment can be made at any third party vendor in cash, by cheques, by debit or credit card. (American Express and Diner’s Club cards are not accepted). Please also note that it will take up to five days for the payment to register with the City of Johannesburg.Paying by debit order allow customers to meet their monthly obligation with ease. It will save interest charges on arrears and customer’s accounts will always be up to date. Visit a Customer Service Centre and fill out a debit order form.The City’s bank account details are as follows:BANK: ABSABRANCH CODE: 632005 BENEFICIARY: City of Johannesburg ACCOUNT NUMBER: 4054398463 REFERENCE NUMBER: Your nine (9) digit account number (as per your statement).We urge customers to be vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or fraudulent activities to the City’s fraud hotline (0800 002 587) or Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (0800 203 712).We urge customers to report any suspicious behavior or corruption by calling our Fraud Hotline number 0800 002 587. All sources and information provided are treated in confidence.Customers that have queries can log a query with Joburg Connect at (011) 375-5555 or email them at [email protected] pass this information on to your friends and family. I remain at your service. Regards ,Cllr Amanda Forsythe
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 01:03:45 +0000
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