W Cape’s great service record a blow to its enemies

AMONG the facts on service delivery in the Western Cape in the report released by the Minister in the Presidency, Collins Chabane, on the performance of government departments and provincial governments, it is noted that at 21.6 percent the Western Cape has the lowest narrow and expanded (29.3 percent) unemployment rate in South Africa; 99.1 percent of Western Cape residents have access to piped water inside and outside; 91.1 percent of Western Cape residents have refuse removal; 93.4 percent of Western Cape households have electricity; and 96.9 percent of Western Cape residents have toilets.

I think that the Presidency is to be congratulated on having told the truth, and not to have been subdued or mealy-mouthed about it.

How Marius Fransman and Tony Ehrenreich must be frothing at the mouth to have the truth so unceremoniously thrown at them by no less a person than the Minister in the Presidency.

With their activities in the Western Cape, under the umbrella of the ANC, to make the province ungovernable, I can cite an analogy from Syria – shots on TV of large areas of once-developed towns and cities in Syria being reduced to rubble.

Is this the scenario of destruction that Fransman would like to be lord over?

He is a destructive individual in all senses of the word.

The same article mentions that the Department of International Relations and Co-operation received the following rather unflattering comment in the report: “The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, the government’s face to the international community, was also given a red mark for its failure to implement systems and policies ‘ to promote ethical behaviour and discourage unethical behaviour and corruption’.”

And who is the deputy minister in that department? None other than Fransman.

Milnerton on swivels, similar to the pintles and gudgeons that allow a ship’s lifeboat rudder to be quickly shipped or unshipped, and which would also make the fridge doors easily detachable.

I have just read in a weekend paper that the bodies of three toddlers have been found in an old fridge in the North West village of Atamalang. I’ve been expecting it.

If the fridges had brass bearings in the shape of an elongated egg cup and the doors had bearings in the shape of an elongated half-egg, which would fit snugly into each other, the door could be quickly and easily detached when the fridge is moved or abandoned.

My Australian brother tells me that all abandoned fridges in Australia must first be degassed and the doors removed.

I appeal to the minister of safety and security to look into the matter of abandoned fridges and to adopt the Australian legislation.

If not, I expect to read of similar tragedies in the future.

Milnerton