Saturday, September 27, 2014

TSHWANE-HALLUSINASIES KOM TSHWANE-INWONERS DUUR TE STAAN


      (My brief in Donderdag se Beeld)                                                    

Leë retoriek verkry 'n nuwe betekenis met die Tshwane-burgemeester se amateuragtige skadebeheerpogings oor die gekanselleerde TribeOne Dinokeng-musiekfees. Volgens hom is geen geld vermors nie. Die R40 miljoen is bloot belê.

Nie net is die vermorsing van miljoene rande (die inwoners se belastinggeld) verraad teenoor belastingbetalers en arm gemeenskappe wat dringend infrastruktuurontwikkeling wil sien nie, maar die burgemeester se sotlike opmerkings is boonop 'n belediging vir die inwoners se intelligensie.

Die DA het herhaaldelik gewaarsku oor die tekortkominge van die beplande fees, moontlike vrugtelose uitgawes en die akute behoefte aan dienslewering. Die ANC geleide Tshwane metroraad se hallusinasies oor lugkasteelprojekte kom die stad baie duur te staan terwyl diensleweringbeloftes in die niet verdwyn.



Wednesday, September 17, 2014

SKEW TAKE ON FREEDOM

(My letter in yesterday's Pretoria News)

The Tshwane  mayor's condoning of cadre deployment( Pretoria News, 6 September) is telling of the ruling party's skewed take of a democracy with a clear division between party and state.

The Mayor's arrogance is confirmed when he blatantly states that " Cadre deployment means the extending the influence of the values of the ANC and its allies at various spheres of state power." According to this statement the (ruling) party and state is one entity. What a sorry state of affairs indeed.

The mayor defends this by referring to the revolution that must not be jeopardised . What revolution Mr Mayor?  This misplaced idea of a revolution will take the country nowhere.

As long as cadre deployment,with the aim of advancing the ruling party's ideologies and enriching a selected few is in place, professional service delivery will remain a myth.