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SOUTH Africans’ sick obsession with sport enables them to (expensively) sublimate their life realities. Piet Naude, you are spot-on!
Education on abuse needed
IT was with the utmost astonishment and horror that I read the report, “Animal cruelty case dropped” (February 6). According to East London SPCA manager Lionel Taylor, there was ample evidence to support the case.
Mbeki still has contribution to make
THERE’s been a pretty impressive debate on the dubbed “Thabo Mbeki’s second coming” and interesting views have since been advanced. There have been some suggestions that he needs to keep the stature of the statesman and stay permanently outside of internal party politics.
Ditch alliance, form new party
MANY, many years ago my mentor told me, “If the boss steals, the staff think that they are entitled to steal as well”.
Mess no way to honour the dead
WHAT a disgusting, despicable mess the Forest Hill graveyard in Port Elizabeth has become. Is this the way to honour our dearly departed?
The plight of the poor rhino
Run for enjoyment
IT seems Piet Naude is either stirring again, or has some definite limitations in his appreciation of what sport is about (“Mass events with selfish goals”, February 7). In particular, his costing estimates belie the fact that he is obviously used to the good life, and wouldn’t consider doing anything at the level of a mere commoner.
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Rather be a competitor than sloth
I AGREE with Piet Naude that participation in sport is an exclusive activity, available only to the privileged (“Mass events with selfish goals”, February 7).
Community also has role in teaching kids
THERE is one factor we should consider when tackling the education system in our country: that is learning begins at home. The teaching of a child is a collective effort, where everybody plays his part in the upbringing of a child.
Nonsense to suggest only one way to moral life
ONE gets the impression Piet Naude is running out of ideas. In his column, “Mass events with selfish goals” (February 7), he takes casual sideswipes at slimming products, supplements, patriarchal psychology and the desire people have to look attractive physically.
Must be able to discipline their children
I HAVE read press reports about the lack of corporal punishment in homes and schools. It is very sad.
Writing about abuse brings it into open
KAZEKA Mashologu Kuse, you are to be commended for your columns speaking out against the sexual victimisation of young black women in the business world (“Businessmen think you’re fair game, young woman”, January 31).
Municipal spin doctor must go
I AM referring to Roland Williams’s letter, “Report tabled in council last year” (February 6). Why does this highly paid municipal official not provide the true facts pertaining to this fruitless and wasteful expenditure? Why are we paying him from the public purse to mislead the very people who pay his salary?
SA people suffer because of Eskom’s incompetence
THE problem with our world is that it seems to be endlessly bountiful from an individual perspective, a planet where every whim can be satisfied.
Court once housed town’s poor
ONE cannot help but dwell on the past with the irreparable damage apartheid brought about on fellow South Africans, the coloureds and Africans.
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DEAR Jub Jub. There is a vacancy in the DA for a tea boy. The tea lady has been promoted to parliament.
Crime, red tape killing business
THE headline that proclaims businessmen are ready to flee “crime-ridden” South Africa should be setting off alarm bells across the corridors of power throughout government.
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Don’t use our roads as dustbin
I TRAVEL extensively, and am still amazed how drivers tend to use our roads as their dustbins. People tend to throw their food wrappers, empty drinks bottles, etc out the windows of their vehicles while happily driving along.
Disappointed by officials’ disregard for our road safety
MY wife was involved in an accident in which no one was injured on the Uitenhage road in Uitenhage, while travelling towards Port Elizabeth at approximately 12.20pm on January 27. My wife informed me of the accident soon after it occurred and requested me to call the police for assistance, which I immediately did.
Poor planning
I AM utterly astonished to see all the schools in the country open for the second term on April 10, the day after Easter Monday! We have all the initiatives for road safety in place and then an error in judgment such as this is made.
Secrecy bill worse than apartheid laws
REGARDING the headline, “Don’t muzzle media” (February 3), this secrecy bill no longer just concerns me but horrifies me.
Report cases of wrong test diagnoses made
HAVING seen it reported that TB is now the biggest killer of African South Africans (“TB biggest killer of SA’s Africans, February 3), I am surprised there has not been a greater outcry over the NHLS’s use of students to perform vital TB testing (“Students left on own to do TB tests”, January 26).
Report tabled in council last year
Mayor must keep promise
OUR mayor, Zanoxolo Wayile, stated on May 31 last year: “The bucket system is still with us, this is simply unforgivable and we will address this post- haste”.
Can anyone help?
MY most honest and reliable domestic worker of more than 20 years has over the past few years, taken in and is the sole carer for two children of deceased family members, and has been trying in vain to obtain foster grants for both children.
Stand on corruption supported
I WAS quite happy to hear that Cosatu was launching anti-graft watch and I am hopeful it will help the working class.
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Scheme loses my documents
I AM furious with the administration at Gems (Government Employees Medical Aid Scheme). Having complied with all the requirements as far as documentation goes, I am still waiting for confirmation of membership.
SA minister worthy of top AU post
LAST week saw an intense lobbying process for the African Union Commission chairmanship that South Africa, our beloved country, contested, fielding one of the finest cadres our liberation movement has ever produced. The AU has experienced democracy in practice in this instance (“SA in AU vote deadlock drama”, January 31).
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