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Communication Breakdown Continues in Plettenberg Bay

Mike Hampton Posted on by

Municipal Manager Allen Paulse have downplayed the situation that almost resulted in the disconnection of the communications channel for Emergency Services in the Bitou Municipal Area. Henry Eybers, the owner of Garden Route Communications (the company that cut the channel as a result of unpaid monies by the embattled municipality) has responded. I share with you both of their letters: Allen Paulse’s Newsletter Disconnection of communications channel for Emergency Services in Bitou Municipal Area Recent media reports created the impression that Bitou Municipality placed life and property at risk when … Read the full article…

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Bitou Municipality's Emergency Services' Radios Shut Down After Failure to Pay Accounts

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The 2-way radio services which are used by Bitou Municipality’s emergency services were switched off on Friday after the municipality failed, repeatedly, to pay their bills. Henry Eybers, the owner of Garden Route Communications, has struggled to get payment for the services he has provided. He says that only 3 monthly payments were made over 18 months. He did not make the decision lightly and only after repeated, failed attempts to sort the matter with higher-ups such as Mayor Memory Booysen and Municipal Manager Allen Paulse. The Bitou Municipality’s failure … Read the full article…

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