Why not use MK vets to keep students in line?
Politics
Does anybody in South Africa believe that Zupta, Faith Muthambi or the SABC board are capable of making the right decision after the Hlaudi Motsoeneng judgment? RB.
Hlaudi, take it like a man and step down. Reapply at SABC. I heard they’re looking for a toilet cleaner. Sure you’ll find a way to increase your salary by yourself. MKP. I listened to the congregation singing the national anthem at Mandoza’s memorial service. Why only
in Zulu and no English or Afrikaans? I note this also happens at a black funeral? Can you just imagine the brouhaha if only “
were sung? It is unacceptable . Our DA should take this up at the highest level. Barrie. How many students could be funded with the money paid to number one’s cheerleader Vivian Reddy’s son in a so-called nuclear deal? Berlin.
Eskom says everyone in South Africa must go on prepaid. This is an attempt to give someone a tender to supply prepaid meters. Everything this government does is about tenders.
Protests
When I was studying at university, I had a parttime job as a waitron to accommodate my varsity fees. Today students want this for free… Remember, the harder you work to achieve something, the greater you appreciate the rewards, and burning books ain’t no reward to students. Get off your asses, find a job and pay for your studies.
The varsity protesters are all straight-A students: Arrogant, Anarchists and Arsonists. Cos.
It is a truism that when you pay for something, you value it, nurture it and respect it always. But when you get something for gratis, the opposite holds true. This is my view regarding the #FeesMust Fall controversy currently ripping the country apart. I have a degree of sympathy for the protesting students, but when education is free, it will be taken for granted and its value will be lost. Contrary to the view being echoed by all, it will result in even fewer educated youth, simply because the value of the degree will be lost. Pay for it, even nominally, and you’ll value it always. Vijay.
Is there no elder in the community that can address these morons that are destroying our universities? Desmond Tutu is sick, what’s wrong with the Zulu king, Winnie Madikizela Mandela, sporting icons, celebrities… someone has to stop these sh**s. They are destroying our country, our hardearned democracy. For once, why don’t all political parties join together and say: enough is enough... Our current situation is we are telling the world apartheid was better. P Pillay.
Increase Vat, cut government spending, control people’s behaviour, then free education.
University strikes. It’s time for the law enforcement agencies to act decisively and protect property. These so-called #fees must fall protests are no more about fees, but about politics and SRC elections. This has come out of an interview with TUT student leaders. Democrat.
Student demonstrations#$#.Why don’t we use the army and MK to keep the students in line? Joe Soap.
Regarding university fees, here is a simple solution. Whatever the level of fees are set at, if a student gets 95%, then reimburse the student 95% of the cost of fees. Whatever level the student achieves, reimburse the student accordingly. This would stop the idle and unworthy mob that call themselves students. Their parents would also make sure that they keep trying their best with the refund being a huge incentive. This system would be per subject, per annum. No debates. Galberth.
The so-called students running amok should be expelled. Education will never be free. If you cannot afford it, get a broom. Vic.
Schools
The newspaper article on Isipingo Primary failed to mention that the principal called off the disco because a grade 7 pupil was drunk. Concerned.
The Isipingo Primary School furore deserves a response. The shenanigans at this school are an apt metaphor for the state of education in our country. It is high time the department came down heavily on teachers who use the pupils of a school to further their own, selfish agendas. I know the principal of this school very well. He is “old school” in his insistence on the culture of learning and teaching, and clearly there are teachers at the school who do not share this vision. Is it wrong to insist that teachers act responsibly, arrive at school on time, and fulfil their obligations as laid out in the SA Schools Act? It will be a sad day if the hooligan element at the school gets its way. VJ.
The teachers at Isipingo Primary School who don’t want to teach and are only interested in creating nonsense should be shown the door,. The children should not be made to suffer.
With respect to the problems at Isipingo Primary school, it has been said that the root cause is the return of the principal, who was previously suspended for a number of charges. It was by law that all charges where dropped and the decision to reinstate the principal was by the department. So we speak of a crisis at the school: it appears the so-called crisis is just a group of teachers who have no shame in wasting taxpayers’ money by meeting privately during working hours, discussing plans of chaos, instead of teaching. Spirit of Justice.
The department is to blame for what is happening at Isipingo Primary. Had they charged these teachers who started their nonsense when the headmaster returned to school, none of this chaos would have happened.
The silence around the state’s recent release of the report on the “cash for teacher promotions” scandal is deafening. Was this a mere smokescreen to pacify the public, thus protecting its alliance partner, Sadtu?
Sport
Man Fan, I think you missed the boat about Leon’s comment on Liverpool and the Champions League trophy. He said Liverpool won the Champions League five times, and in so doing got to keep it permanently in their trophy cabinet. United still has to achieve this. What was so hard to understand about that? Yes, I am a Liverpool fan, come what may. Win, lose or draw. This is what football is all about. Prem.
Odds and ends
Millions of us are on medical aid. Let us petition for it to revert to it’s original format when medical aid was just medical aid. We don’t want co-payments and savings at all… Let’s start a “co-payments and savings must fall” campaign. We have the numbers, and most of all, the power.
We, too, want to report a lawyer… In 2011 we owed R37 000. We have a garnishee taking R1 000 a month. Now we’re in 2016, he tells my husband we still owe R50 000. How is this possible? So, in other words we have paid nothing towards the outstanding amount. We have the lawyer’s letter from 2011 stating we owe R37 000. Now what do we do? Can anyone assist us? See letter on page 16: editor.
Dear e.s.e, in this country our constitution is the supreme law of the land. Although it attempts to embrace all religious beliefs, it can and never will condone spousal abuse of any kind.
Can some learned person please explain why their “God” unfairly “dictated” that Muslim women need the consent of her husband to divorce?
The picture of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu published on Wednesday was quite disturbing. The Arch is far from good spirits, as the daughter and Cyril Ramaphosa stated. The arch is going through a rough patch. Mthakathi.
Re: letter from Edward Mitchell speculating that cause of Helderberg crash could have been exploding batteries in laptop computers, I have a query: had laptop computers been invented in 1987?