We need to start experiencing the joy of being both embedded in community and connected to the natural world.

Helena Norberg-Hodge


Economic prosperity must go hand in hand with social cohesion and ecological sustainability

Mikhail Gorbachev






Saturday, March 26, 2011

What the Hermanus public think about the water crisis


” What is being done about auto-sprinklers on properties owned by out-of-town folk?”

”What to do with extra money from increased tariffs?”

“Why punish ratepayers when consumption down by 10% through restrictions?”

”How much longer can local businesses go on absorbing ludicrous increases after worst winter in 20 yrs, by OM who don’t care about sustainability of business?”

”How to improve productivity of a bloated OM and reduce costs? “

”The poor ratepayer has to pay for the blunders irrespective of whether the OM was “building monuments for themselves” or other questionable motives”

”Through bad planning and hope that November rain would raise dam levels nothing done to make sure that borehole water could be linked to main supply”

"The fault lies squarely on the past and present management of Hermanus for the uncontrolled and irresponsible property development in the past decades

”More developments which place more and more pressure on our water resources"

”Councillors so out of touch … believing ratepayers have infinite source of money”

”Hopefully the ratepayers will remember this situation when next they vote


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