Chippa deal makes no sense
How can BCM spend so much money on a club that's not based in East London? Chippa United is the most unstable club in the PSL. Its administration leaves more questions than answers. Chippa is not an investment for BCM, whereas Ironman is.
If you invest in something, your returns must be of significant magnitude.
The agreement between BCMSportsfolio and Chippa leaves more questions than answers.
This decision was taken without the presidents of the local Football Association structures that serve this region.
This was not a soccer decision or business decision but a selective decision in favour of the elite few and their companies.
As for councillors being involved in ticket allocation, what a joke.
Chippa United barely functions properly in Port Elizabeth and now a deal is struck for the BCM district. This ain't soccer, it's madness. —
Burton Brown, Buffalo Flats
No real interest
The writing was on the wall for Border Bulldogs so I don't think people are surprised by this tragedy.
Those running the Bulldogs seemed to have little interest in sport.
I recall two occasions when players boycotted training sessions a fortnight before important matches, because salaries were not paid.
It is now time for sport-loving people to come forward and rescue sport from the mayhem it finds itself in. We need a big sports indaba in this region. Thembani Tom, Ginsberg
Constant water cuts
This is an extremely urgent letter addressed to the Amathole District Municipality municipal manager and the office-bearers in charge of finance.
For the past year municipalities under ADM have been suffering constant water cuts due to a bill of allegedly R130m owing to Amathole Water (AW).
We now have a situation where AW is locking access to boreholes when the little we get into our reservoir is finished.
Some households in my village, Hamburg, have not had water for three months. Others get it for a few days or hours and then it runs out.
Tankers are now being sent to assist (after months of requests), but those households with no tanks or large containers to store water, cannot benefit.
It is our constitutional right to have access to water and I call on all stakeholders to address this situation urgently.
People pay ADM monthly for water and water availability. Where is this money going? Jeannette Capper, Hamburg
Give right tools
The mayor, financial manager, heads of department and councillors are all in their positions as facilitators to see that the workforce are supplied with the tools necessary to carry out the very big job of maintaining this city – whether sewage, water, electricity, roads or rubbish collection, the organisation for a city the size of Buffalo City is quite vast.
When you get strike action as disruptive as the recent one in East London, it indicates that somewhere in management someone has messed up badly. People don’t go on strike just for the fun of it, it is also very disruptive for their families with no pay before Christmas etc.
I do think that the mayor and city manager owe the town a heartfelt apology for the inconvenience that the townsfolk have experienced.
I don’t know their salaries but like most CEOs in South Africa, without a doubt they will be much inflated, the more so when one considers that like elsewhere management is the cause of our ills.
Whether it is Eskom, Sars, Transnet, SAA or BCM, it all comes down to poor management.
David Edwards, Stirling
Follow this example
WHAT a positive outcome in the life of lawyer Bond Njoka, as reported in the Dispatch of December 5.
He recognised his failure, admitted to his mistakes, paid his dues and changed his ways. If only our corrupt politicians would do the same the mood of the country would change overnight! Well done Mr Njoka! Admirer, Komani
It is our constitutional right to have access to water. People pay ADM monthly for water and availability. Where is this money going?