Citizens’ lives don’t seem to matter in the US or SA

ODDS AND ENDS

Kevin Govender, thanks for the Federation Football memories. I remember the Berea game against Sundowns in 1973 ( correct me) where Berea were 3- 0 down. Made a comeback and Pat Blair’s penalty in the dying moments got the equaliser.

Berea went on to win 6- 3 in extra time. | Daloo Mahadeo.

Liverpool always want to be better than Man United. 6- 1, 7- 2.

He he he.

President Trump is getting special treatment for Covid- 19. What about the thousands who have died of the virus? Couldn’t they be given the same treatment? I suppose the president’s life is more important than the thousands who perished.

Pure cinnamon and fake cinnamon is a major problem.

Pure cinnamon is grown only in north- east lndia and Sri Lanka.

Fake cinnamon comes from a tree known as Cassia, and is grown in China, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Pure cinnamon is expensive, while the fake is affordable. Pure cinnamon can be crushed by hand, while fake cinnamon is hard. Pure cinnamon when dried becomes like a cigar, having many circular layers.

Fake cinnamon is either flat or has one tube, like a pipe. When in powder form, pure cinnamon is light brown, while fake is always darker.

Pure cinnamon has been used in lndia for more than a thousand years as an Ayurveda medicine and for food. It reduces blood- sugar levels, is used as an antibiotic, antioxidant.

It has no side effects. Prolonged use of fake cinnamon can cause mild to severe headaches, affecting digestive health and is toxic. Pure cinnamon, because it is expensive, is not available in most parts of the world.

Eskom board/ chief: Some board members are very upset about a contract being cancelled. We should be asking what their interests are in that company, and do a lifestyle audit on everyone. The days of “I don’t know” are over. | Joe Soap.

A newspaper headline on Monday read: “Road carnage continues with easing of lockdown”, which the Road Safety Action Campaign warned would happen if our politicians failed to implement the safety measures contained in the Road Traffic Amendment Bill promulgated last June, with measures road safety experts have been calling for since at least 1996 when Australia and other countries took drastic action to reduce road deaths and made their expertise available to South Africa. Our government’s failure to act has cost tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of thousands of injuries. It is a crime comparable to the initial refusal to supply medicine to Aids victims, which also cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

Those who let Aids and road carnage continue should be charged with crimes against humanity and pay compensation to the victims’ families. | Richard Benson Road Safety Action Campaign

I wonder how Heritage Day was celebrated at the Morningside block where residents complained about neighbours burning incense sticks.

Did they do the traditional thing and have braais? Did they ensure that the smell did not enter the homes of residents who might be vegetarian or take offence to the smell? How did they do this?

They could share information with their incense- burning neighbours, to keep their smells confined to their own properties.

Someone should sit down Cosatu, Saftu and all other federations and unions going on strike tomorrow ( today), and explain to them that while they have a valid agreement in place concerning increases, there is no money to pay the increases. We understand that money that could have paid for increases has been embezzled, but we are all suffering for it, through the lack of services and paying taxes which go to waste.