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REPLIES TO READERS’ COMMENTS

MURIEL (“School building still not rebuilt”, August 31), the Department of Education officials just seem to bury their heads in the sand. I am still waiting to be paid as a substitute teacher from December last year! Their excuse? They’re waiting for a signature of approval. The teacher’s leave was approved, so why not my substitution? How long does getting a signature take? DISILLUSIONED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

RITA (“Animals will have nowhere to go”, August 31), I must agree. Do humans deserve their privileged position on this earth? LYNN

“POWER-SAVING gadget irritates” (August 29): why does the municipality persist in switching off geysers? It desperately needs to sell electricity – to increase revenue. Eskom has excess power, according to Eskom. Why turn off the geysers? LEN

WHY NO DEFENCE SYSTEMS USED?

A NORTH Korean missile was fired over Japan. Where were the anti-missile defence systems to bring the missile down? GORDON UPTON

CONFUSION OVER HOUSING PLAN

I READ the August human settlement publication and I phoned the Housing Development Agency about the housing opportunities that are still going to be built in Summerstrand for sale, but the agency did not even know about this. The woman said they did not sell units, they only rented. So where is the truth then? BUYER

PRIVATE SECTOR WORK HARD

WELL Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the reason the private sector is “flush” (“Dlamini-Zuma bemoans trust deficit”, August 30) is because, unlike the champagne socialists in government, the private sector all work for a living. PAY YOUR WAY, EAST LONDON

ELECTRICITY PURCHASE PUZZLES

ELECTRICITY saga: here I am again regarding electricity hikes. I have just bought my usual R400 and received 216 units. Last month for the same amount I got 269, the difference being 53 units less. Where will it end? DAWN MUIR

WORK WITH COALITION

MONGAMELI Bobani and Rory Riordan, please stop being so obstructive. Work with the coalition, save our city while there is still time. MEW