EN PASSANT

IN MY opinion, the name Cape Town International Airport should stay “as is”. In that way no SA citizen, political party, activist, organisation or whoever will be offended. Whatever name is chosen to re-name the airport, be sure that many of the above-mentioned will be dissatisfied. (And I quote: you can’t please all of the people all of the time) However, if I should be asked for a name change suggestion, it would probably be Table Mountain International Airport. After all it is one of the first sights you see when landing at the airport. Godfrey Groenewald Kensington OUR SA healthcare situation may not be collapsed yet but with only six of our 650 healthcare facilities passing the minimum standards requirements it is literally teetering on the brink. This is less than 1% of hospitals and clinics (0.923%) able to provide needed service! And the ANC still wants to nationalise our health systems to the NHI to ensure 99% of private healthcare facilities also fall in line with these standards? Robert Nicolai Howick, KwaZulu-Natal IF THERE’S something that has been proved by our Springbok and Blitzbok players this past weekend, it’s that quotas are dead. It was wonderful to see players of colour picked based on the fact that they are the best and, to top it off, play out of their skins for their country. To those complaining about transformation, thanks for your moaning as there is no better motivation than proving your detractors wrong. Gustav Lindemann Tamboerskloof