Ensnared by levies in estates

Levies may be a noose if you're not prepared.

- KEKELETSO NAKELI

In a country where the economy has been unforgiving, the worker bee is feeling the pressure.

It is bound to happen that here and there, a bill or two will fall behind. The worst for me is the levies bill.

In a place and time where we seek refuge in the safety of complexes and estates, the safety that we buy buries us in the form of unimaginably high costs of levies.

Recently, the High Court in Johannesburg ordered a homeowner who owes over R107 000 in unpaid levies and electricity, to settle his debt or remain in an electricity-free unit.