EDITOR – In response the eThekwini mayor’s ridiculous statement that all councillors must speak Zulu may I suggest that she rather gets the city’s consolidated billing system operational first. And concentrate on collecting all rates and service charges, instead of having to write off billions every year.
She should ensure that all the potholes are filled and clean up the beaches and rivers. Sort out the current chaos with e-Services and put a bomb under the Metro Police.
Have the Mynah and other buses actually run on time – does she know that there isn’t a single Mynah bus timetable available online or anywhere else?
Clean up the parks and get all the beggars and thieves out of every intersection. Stop the corruption that is bleeding the city dry and charge corrupt officials instead of placing them on paid leave for years and years.
Then we can decide whether it’s so important that every Council meeting and document is conducted in isiZulu, or Greek or Chinese (which is actually much more important).
It’s called prioritising. Instead of fixing the system and getting the city to WORK for the people that pay the rates, she and her fellow travellers rename streets and buildings, build statues, hold rock concerts and invoke the names of ancestors and long dead leaders of the struggle. Classic Marxism.
Anything to distract attention from the real issues: like getting the basics fixed and working properly and dealing with endemic corruption and inefficiency.
Then we can all go and learn whichever language works best to make this city great again.
Mark Lowe
Durban
*Letter shortened – Editor
