Owners of properties listed in a notice from the Mayor and City Council have begun to come forward and payment plans for property rates owed are currently being worked out says Debra Lewis, the council’s spokeswoman.
The council is currently encouraging property owners to come forward and clear their debts which have been owing for years. A full page notice published in all four daily newspapers on January 27, listed 34 properties from West Ruimveldt Industrial Site, Meadow Bank/Houston, Werk-en-Rust, Liliendaal, Charlestown, Kingston and Lacytown, which collectively owe the city the sum of $6,709,997,688.
According to Lewis, they are giving owners the opportunity
