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THANK YOU TO UNIFORM DONORS
Followed Professor Jansen’s advice. Union of Jewish Women paid laybyes for school uniforms. Parents so grateful to find uniforms settled for 2019. Grateful thanks to our wonderful donors. Elaine Racussen
DREADFUL CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Having come through immigration SA style – unwelcoming, surely Jonathan Jansen was so surprised and delighted by the usual “Welcome to my office” gambit that he rewarded the toilet attendant handsomely. What a reflection on our customer relations which generally are dreadful. Airport checkin just as bad. Everyday example: hypermarket checkout. Sometimes a robot greeting and card request, then back to the conversation with the packer whom you are interrupting. Hence Jansen’s response.
Straight Talk
BEING WHITE NOT A BAD THING
What’s so bad about the colour white? The sharks are white, I’m white. So what?! Jan
ANSWER TO NOISE DISTURBANCE
Fantastic picture of the stadium. People must see what it looks like on the outside after a soccer match. It never looks that way after a rugby match. But back to December 31 – the noise was so loud that as far up as Parsons Hill we could not sleep and it carried on past 2am. Please, next shift the venue to the communities who benefit from these concerts and mayor Bobani and Mr Lungisa, could you answer why all these wrongdoings occured? Resident
BLIND EYE TO HEAVY DRINKING
Trevor Davies, your plight is everyone’s concern. I personally witnessed heavy boozing along Beach Road on New Year’s Day. This happened while SAPS and metro police drove by. With this kind of attitude, signs like the one in the photo make a mockery of law enforcement.
Jonathan Lawack
ANIMALS ‘SUFFER’ FROM COLOUR
To Gone Fishing, I totally agree. There are black and white Rhinos, lions and elephants. Calling an animal white/black is favouring one colour above another. Alas, such is the way of the country we live in. And we’re not even talking about the blue crane or the pink flamingo. RJ
AFRICAN DEMOCRACY A MORASS
Justice Malala’s uncalled for insults about Brazil’s new president are in fact the exact actions we need in SA to pull us out of the morass we find ourselves in, thanks to our wonderful constitution. African democracy has spelt our end. Ivan Skovar
GIVE VOICE TO LOCAL READERS
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato doesn’t warrant space in your Chirps column which a local reader could have put to better use.
Kenneth
MAIMANE’S PROMISES NO GOOD
It would be disastrous for the electorate in the Western Cape if they believe in Maimane’s promises. De Lille’s treatment should serve as a cue to voters not to be misled by those promises. ANC supporter
PRISONER NOT THE ONLY ONE
Why does the correctional spokesperson only single out one prisoner? What about the names of the other prisoners who were found in possession of unauthorised items?
L McLeod ‘SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER’ FOR CHUCKLE To Naushad Omar, for your letter (Other reasons for cleansing our nation) – you must slaughter one sheep for giving me a good laugh.
Nick G
SABC USED AS PROPAGANDA TOOL
Why is the ANC using SABC for private propaganda?
Just asking
GET FACTS STRAIGHT ABOUT UDF
The UDF never existed between 1976 and 1980. Fact.
Reader
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT CLOSES EARLY
Disappointed in traffic department. Three times I’ve gone to check for my card. Application was done three months ago. Every time the gate closes before the time.
Just asking
THEY HAVEN’T LEARNT MUCH
Years ago it was decided by the government education department that students should be called learners. Well it seems if they themselves haven’t learned much as now when 10 learners enter grade one and only one makes it to a questionable matric and passes, the success rate is 100%.
Leon
STATE DROPPED BALL MANY TIMES
Government has dropped the ball on real transformation. You might as well have said the government has dropped the ball on every single thing that it has sunk its sticky fingers into, bar self-enrichment.
Mad Molly
ACT ON VAGRANT PROBLEM
What is being done about the vagrants who live outside Ultra Liquors on the corner of Cape Road and William Moffett.They even have their own mattresses to sleep on.
Opinioned
TORN UP ABOUT LARGEST SA FLAG
I missed the largest SA flag, so went to check. Gentleman at the Donkin tourist office told me I should contact the military to find out why it no longer flies. He suggested it may be torn. Our new SA huge problem that we don’t do maintenance until too late. I return home to Port Alfred tomorrow . . . sad.
Glenda Hicks
EC EDUCATION DOES NOT DELIVER
We must once again read about Eastern Cape schools not receiving stationery, school furniture and teachers at the beginning of a new school year. Pathetic to say the least as this has happened for the last how many years with normal empty promises. It’s about time the we got rid of dead wood in the provincial government and education department.
Frottief J Rothner
ALSO CHECK COEGA FOR DRUGS
Cocaine bust: Why no SAPS or K9 drug detector dogs available for Coega?
Just Wondering