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Note point 7! This could be "a bit of fake news" but saw it on Facebook

Its the sentiment bye the general population - I think most of use know it will have little or no impact on day Zero . its the mass who think differently!

I am not suggesting it will be cancelled if it a W C only event. I am suggesting that by making it shorter in good time it has far more chance of happening. By not having the scenic areas like Chappies and suggesting to the out of towner you not getting much by been here (short event) and you can't "boast" about your time etc. At the end of the day some out of towner will still want to come and they welcome but other will say to much effort for a short event.

The new big building in town - FNB building will be, according to my sister, who works in it. It will be shut down on day Zero - something to do with aircon. So in her case, yes going to work will be canceled! They have been told they may need to go to JHB office to work.

But having the event completely cancelled on the day will even be less popular!

I know I am not going to be popular for saying this. I am also 100% aware that the Cycle tour will have ZERO impact on the fact that "Day Zero" for water will happen Cape Town regardless. But the sentiment by many people living in Cape Town are the cyclist are just a irritation on the road and quite selfish (not sure why because we only use the space we need and general ride to the left and on in the center of the lane). The Cycle tour bring all these cyclist (people) to the Cape for a cycling event - surely they know we don't have water - that's the general feeling of the greater population. This just creates even more animosity from the general population of Cape Town towards cyclist. Dealt with this animosity 1st hand at a coffee shop this morning. Please understand the general population does not consider all the positive the Cycle tour does - including not draining the cities water supply, and its very hard to educate the general population any different. Once they formed their opinion it hard to change that mind set. "From the stats - yes only about 15 000 cyclist are from out of town - but how many are coming alone or with families - I am going to suggest the event for 2 days swells the population of Cape Town by more than 15000 but closer to 45 000 - that's a thumb suck." That was one argument used against me / the cycle tour this morning. Possibly "The water shortage Cycle Tour" should announce rather earlier than later a different route ( one of the 6) - a shortened version - maybe the 48 km route from 2 years back or even possible include to Kalk bay and back via Boys drive (steep at the beginning) - sharp left on a down hill into Westlake Ave (by the golf course) and back to freeway - not sure if that's one of the 6 routes or even possible to manage. These route basically should not attract "Civil unrest." So still have a Cycle tour but discourage out of towners to come and rather encourage the local to take up these entries becoming available by out of towner not coming. The process would need to be managed ASAP and would involved out of towners informing the organizers that they will not attend. Just a fun day out for the locals of Cape Town to enjoy cycling on closed road including the freeway. Now stress on getting a time - sub 3 etc. Read my opening paragraph again before criticizing the suggestion!

I did the full blood test (Pathcare) and NOTHING was flagged - cost R422.80. I have suggested to my broker that Momentum should pay this in full at their expense (not using my heath saver etc) - reason even at Dischem where I did my 1st test, the nurse could not understand why I was been penalized for been low - 2.93. She showed me the normal range chart for total Cholesterol to be between 2.8 to 4.9 mmol/l. I think Momentum need to give reason why they feel they have right to increase cholesterol low levels - against what is regarded as normal - possible reported to the Ombudsman? On what medical grounds does a insurance company create their own standards against world health organization standard - that's just wrong!

News out - Zuma decides not to go Liberia - probably because he is work out how much more he can get from our TAX before he is shown the door. But is the water and sanitation minster the best choice - if she is at all concerned over the Western Cape water shortage? Probably does not make any difference at it seems this department has been absent from the Western Cape for many year or National gov would have done more to secure water supply for this area - yes water is National Gov responsibility as stated higher in this thread. http://www.enca.com/south-africa/zuma-no-longer-going-to-liberia

Water is the responsibility of National Goverment. Now the DA are trying to find ways to get more money out of the Cape Town residence - not for water - but to pay their staff / commitment / wastage / corruption! They were getting "free income" from water but that "bitcoin" seems to be popping!

The TRUTH about the Western Cape "Drought" - it's NOT a dought, it's a failure to plan by Government! This is an article by Mr. Stephen Irwin - Kirstenhof: I am tired of being lied to by politicians. Such as Patricia de Lille banging on about this being the worst drought in 100 years, which to me did not ring true. So after considerable trouble, more on this later, I gathered the rainfall statistics for Theewaterskloof Dam back to 1975 as these were the most readily available. That dam represents 53% of the total storage and other dams would be quite similar. This revealed the following annual rainfall statistics: highest 972mm in 1977, lowest 319mm in 2004. Average over past 32 years is 561mm. Now, if you do a three-year running average, we get a figure of 485mm for the latest three years (507/420/529). Going back to 1975, we have the seven other years when the prior three-year running average was lower than now: 472mm in 2010/2011/2012; 479mm in 2009/2010/2011; 471mm in 2003/2004/2005; and 465mm 2002/2003/2004; 438mm in 1990/1991/1992; 465mm in 1982/1983/1984; and, the worst was 428mm in 1978/1979/1980. In those years we had, through proper planning, surplus storage. The bad news is that the last two drought cycles lasted four years - this is only year three. Drought implies a lack of rainfall, so this is nowhere near the worst drought and this is only going back 33 years, not 100. What really we have is the worst water shortage (storage/person) in 100 years, if not of all time. We do not have too little water but too many people. The politicians cannot say that, as that implies bad planning. It is far easier to blame Mother Nature or global warming. You also cannot blame the experts as they know that there are no quick solutions and that you need to build reserve capacity well in advance of population growth. Unfortunately, in 2007/8 they warned of future problems, but we had good rain in 2008 of 729mm; and they warned again in 2012/3, but again we had good rain in 2014 of 729mm. This gave the politicians the excuse to divert the required funds to projects that pleased the electorate rather than on some vital, but boring, water project. This has now come back to bite them in the backside and we should make sure they feel it. Now this ex-socialist wants us to pay for their errors and then also, in some fascist manner, wants us to stop using aquifer water so they can pump it out and sell it back to us at some exorbitant rate. I feel a class-action lawsuit coming on. Also, her banging on about the “new normal” is also patently untrue and dangerous, and this message will only drive away tourism and new industries, and may even cause existing ones to relocate. That is a very expensive way to get the water-people ratio right. I do not see the point of declaring an emergency and then sticking to bureaucratic red tape. Build the dam desalination plants already! If the ANC tries to prevent this, let them be the ones brave enough to seek a court interdict. As mentioned above, getting rainfall statistics proved quite difficult, mainly due to the SA Weather Service's charge for this information at extremely heavy rates, with an undertaking that the information cannot be disseminated to others. I find this quite disgusting that taxpayers are expected to pay for information collected at their expense. Stephen Irwin Kirstenhof Picture below: new "Water & Sanitation" building being built on Voortrekker Road in Bellville. City of Cape Town finds it more necessary to spend over R100,000,000 on offices rather than dams and desalination plants! #DroughtLies #BadPlanningByGovernment

The wind certainly is in training today! It been a gale since last night at Killarney which was super hard! Maybe the wind is over training and would have "blown" by then!

They only installed street light in my area last year - so yes been paying for that for about a year - not sure how - but I just assumed as part of the rates for been in the area and surely water meter fall in this too? Not a separate charge!

Mine too and this is what I got from my broker - I am going to do the tests now at Pathcare! I have taken a look at our latest Healthy Heart Score FAQ (which I have attached). Important info regarding lower than acceptable levels [may I suggest Mr ME go for an HDL and LDL test]: Why do low measurements now affect the HHS? Low metrics have been shown to cause CVD. Specifically, low blood pressure has been demonstrated to increase the risk of CVD and mortality. Low glucose is a predictor of increased all-cause mortality and can result in a greater number of cardiac events. Low cholesterol levels have been linked to an increase in mortality associated with trauma, some types of cancer, hemorrhagic stroke, respiratory and infectious diseases, depression, suicide, anxiety, impulsivity and/or aggression. Excessively low body fat percentage can also result in a myriad of health conditions including CVD.

Agreed the thread has been hi jacked (partially by myself).

Thanks for that. Also trying to get the info together for having them refund me R4000 per water restrictive meter - I have been told that they cannot pass the cost on as the meter is not on my property. Anyone know anything about this? Next minute you will be expected to pay for the street light bulb that go outside your house. I would prefer them to remove the street lights personally.

I also have a problem on not having a flat rate if the City has installed a water restrictive meter at a property. The city has installed these meter in the past months has at 3 of my rental properties and they are automatically set for 4 people per house. All these house have more that 4 - so application have been done to increase the amount of L for the house. If people have been force to work to the restrictive amount surely this should be done at a flat rate? Once the water has been use in for the day the water meter stops water from flowing till about 04H00 the next morning - for those who wanted to know how these water meters work.

The problem come in when they start trying to charge you for the water you have harvested off your roof or filtered from well point etc. Similar to when Eskom tries and charges you for installing solar system at home and Petrol SA tries to charge you for your electric car charged from the sun! Problem for Gov is the end user makes plans and when Gov have sorted their S*$T out and worked out how they / Gov can keep up with demand - the end user are far fewer.

Is that not is call supply and demand pricing structure - works for business for many years. No different to an AVO costing say R20 in Dec and when in season only cost R4. If you cant afford an Avo at R20 don't buy it - likewise if you cannot afford water use way less or leave the city back to a place where there is water - kind of following on from my theme of the city infrastructure no been able to accommodate the number of people living in Cape Town. Personally I do think the price structure of water should depend on how old your house is / or how long you lived in Cape Town - if 100 years old house should not be change more, if it is a 1 year old - pay the premium. Kind of what the medical insurance industry does to old people wanting to join a medical aid scheme late in life. But probably to complex to find a fair solution for all! Time to book those back to back Med cruise for April and May - it maybe cheaper than buying water in Cape Town!

Or possible Dam usage is just very high (too many people) compared to what they were designed for. There is also an argument that the fruit / veg farms are doing so well and a lot of produce is been exported so yes we are kind of via fruit / wine exports exporting our water! Possibly the Vaal dam is 100% full not only because of good rain but many people have relocated to the Cape - so the DA running a good province - may be a partial cause of this crisis. The water security falls under National government and not Provincial government so ... quite a complex's political situation even if water should not be politicized!

If Cape Town cant afford visitors - how the hell can Cape Town afford new housing development while water has not been secure for the housing that has been developed over the past 15 years? A number of family and friend of mine returned to CPT over Xmas and in our area Southern subs - they could not help but say how green it looks for drought. Maybe the rain has been a bit less but has it been that much less or was the infrastructure designed for a far smaller CPT population. It would not supersize me at all if the population of Cape Town has more than doubled since the last dam was built!

I drive an electric car and although I never break the speed limit what wrong with accelerating had? I must admit I hardly ever decelerate hard waist batteries. Been a cyclist I have learn to anticipate whats happening 5 cars ahead of me - and always am very aware of all my surrounding. Have they consider different cars for driving styles - hey the accelerating is one of the "Pro / Fun" in having the electric car!

Last year they added point at the beginning of the year and when "your time of year came up" they added some more bonus point. But who know what they doing this year! that's the problem when you change programs so dramatically it breads an element of mistrust.

Its not only that for me - its them not sticking to what they have placed in writing in terms of assisting me with Activity days. The discount structure is naturally important and having had enough point for 18 months to reach private club - but not been with them for 2 years, then for them to just change the goal post and as an individual member making it almost impossible for me to reach 750 point on the new system without taking other products from them - is just not cricket and possibly extortion!

I have asked my broker for the CEO of Multipliers email address - I want to give him a chance to explain his new program - already in my mind I need to fund a new medical insurer. There new program at best is very frustrating and the App does not work for safe days! I was given in writing a consultant would call me in 24 hours which is now past a day back and still no word. Momentum multiplier has dropped the ball from what I can see.

Last year is was 180 or 200! I am finding this new program a whole lot of BS. I realize they have T & C but with all due respect to Momentum to change the program so dramatically is not sport man like. They into sports sponsorship they should understand each game has rules and yes there are tweaks to rules of games but they changed the whole game!