Usual suspects’ inclusion in ANC list is a concern
POLITICS
Some of the guys that have been hauled over the Gupta coals at the Zondo Commission in Parktown go to town and some of them actually laugh their way back into Ramaphosa’s proposed Cabinet. | Ese
Can the ANC be trusted to govern the country when they say one thing and do another? In recent addresses, the ANC stated that those members of the party who had a cloud hanging over their heads would not be asked to be on the electoral list. But we find Zwane, Gigaba, Dlamini and Mokonyane on the list. It is incredible that Mokonyane is placed as high as 10th on the list.
The article by Khalid Sayed, the chairperson of the ANC Youth League in the Western Cape, criticising the DA for playing the race card as the elections approach, is a joke. Does Sayed not realise that he supports the most racist organisation in the world. Not only is the ANC racist, but it legislates racism. It legislates quotas in sport and in the workplace, where B-BBEE targets are implemented and positions are no longer awarded solely on merit. The DA is actually the only non-racist party. You say the DA does not care about the damage it does to building a united non-racial South Africa. Are you sure you did not mean the ANC? That is exactly what they are doing with their legislated racist policies.
ODDS AND ENDS
UKZN students burning buildings again! Where are these Casspirs eThekwini have boasted about to disperse the crowds?
Please can something be done about the attitudes of taxi drivers. They don’t respect other drivers or the rules of the road. They are a law unto themselves and are big bullies. Metro police are too lenient with these drivers and they take advantage. Do something now before more people are killed on our roads. | AB
On February 20 I went into hospital for a joint replacement. My wife took over the full-time running of my business in Toti. On February 21, on arrival at the business, it was discovered that we had no telephones working. Two of the lines are for incoming and outgoing calls. The third is for fax and ADSL. In January one was out for 26 days! Now all three! It was reported immediately and follow-ups done for a week. Up until today, March 14, we had no lines. Sadly the enquiries of progress are greeted with no concern at all. We are now going another route so Telkom will eventually cease to exist, giving reason for another bunch of people to toyi toyi and burn tyres in protest. | PARKS.
This is a message to all South Africans who are unhappy with the names of streets and places in South Africa. We do not live on an island, nor do we live in isolation from planet Earth. There are billions and possibly trillions of maps and atlases in printed books, on paper and even on electronic media in people’s homes and businesses all over the world. Every time you change a road name, a building name or even an airport to cock a snook at other residents, you have absolutely no idea how you are affecting other people. A person who picks up an Atlas in Russia, China or the South Sea Islands, for example, suddenly finds all the names messed up. The name of our Durban airport was still recorded as Louis Botha by major airlines for many years after our airport moved to the North Coast. So leave things alone. People still call the municipal building in West Street by its original name Martin West – even the workers in that building. With great power comes great responsibility. But absolute power corrupts absolutely. | Linda
I agree with the view expressed on December 28. Some of those commentators know nothing about the nuances of cricket, having never held a bat in their lives – unlike the commentators on DStv: commentators like Graeme Smith, Shaun Pollock, Michael Holding and Makhaya Ntini, who excelled at Test cricket.