{"id":317,"date":"2015-06-10T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T12:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/luderitz\/?p=317"},"modified":"2016-01-10T12:41:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T12:41:59","slug":"pensioners-to-enjoy-subsidised-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners to enjoy subsidised services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-318\" src=\"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/luderitz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/olds.jpg\" alt=\"olds\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/olds.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/olds-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>As part of its Social Responsibility Programmes towards its community, the L\u00fcderitz Town Council has adopted an indigence policy, which allows pensioners as well as people living with disabilities to qualify for municipal support tariffs.<br \/>\nThe Policy, which will apply strictly to home owners of the said groups, entails exemption:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from interest charges on arrears;<\/li>\n<li>from water basic charges;<\/li>\n<li>of 40% of normal household basic refuse and sewerage charges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a home owner, beneficiaries must be registered with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and must be receiving the monthly social grants. Thereafter, beneficiaries must register with the L\u00fcderitz Town Council and will be expected to renew their affiliations annually, between the months of January and May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Social Responsibility Programmes towards its community, the L\u00fcderitz Town Council has adopted an indigence policy, which allows pensioners as well as people living with disabilities to qualify for municipal support tariffs. The Policy, which will apply strictly to home owners of the said groups, entails exemption: from interest charges on arrears; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luderitz-tc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}