sms 32187 your chirps
UNFAIR TREATMENT
What gets my goat is how the municipality charged double for sewerage for a house that has a granny flat that may only have two toilets, for example, versus a house with many more. It is really ridiculous as the properties’ infrastructure is not maintained by the municipality, and it only supplies one entry and one exit point, immaterial. SC
NEED TO WORK TOGETHER
“Capitalism behind SA problems” (July 26): this is seemingly a very narrow-minded view. Racism was because of apartheid in part, but became what it did because of the violent struggles of the past and people adopting restricted ideologies like communism as an alternate solution which only favoured the few for a season.
What happened here in Africa prior to so-called settlers, heaven only knows. Many of the gross human violations perpetuated are obvious to many.
Africa was a blank slate and place of opportunity. Racism will always exist in part, just like sin, but beyond that white people don’t like other whites, an attitude as found in all the other ethnic groups.
We are in a damaged society and need to understand differences as point of departure and work together, as corruption and crime are rampant and know no racism, as even the ANC has determined.
S`C
KEEP SHARP OBJECTS OUT OF BINS
Please do not put sharp objects in your bins. It is a danger to others. YVON
STIFF PENALTIES FOR CRIME
The government should cut off the hands of criminals. Then no prison sentence. Please, enough of the murders and crime.
READER Bring back the death penalty! Tired of SA crime! OBSERVER
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