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WILL POOR BENEFIT FROM STRATEGY?

TRANSFORMATION of the economy ostensibly implies transforming from “white monopoly capital” to “black monopoly capital”. Will this resolve the problem of the poor in our country? Isn’t this just another undisguised racist strategy to create more Zuptas and also garner the “black vote”?

SMP

NOT GOOD TIME TO SPEND MONEY ON STATUE

THE DA wants to erect a R3.5m statue of Nelson Mandela in Cape Town (“Madiba balcony statue plan”, April 18). In the financial state the country is in! What would Madiba have said?

EX-DA VOTER

METRO CAN FIND MONEY FOR RUGBY

“ROW over EP Rugby bailout” (April 13): what a laugh. NMBM has no money for plumbers, but finds money to bail out the Kings.

NOT AMUSED

DON’T give my money to EP Rugby (April 18): I agree. Do not give my money to rugby, no!

RESIDENT

STRONGER ACTION ON WATER NEEDED

WATER restricters only being made now and inserted next month? What bad planning. And still we are hosting festivals and school events. Maybe we need a more forceful person to run the water portfolio?

WATCHFUL RATEPAYER

HUGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD ON TV

ALL the poverty being reported. Not if you see all the food being eaten on TV.

YVONNE