The world is teetering on the brink of an American versus Iranian war that could have a devastating effect on not just the world’s economy but in particular South Africa’s precariously-held-together Eskom-driven fiasco of financial stability! In layman’s terms, our economy is in the toilet and should a fresh war erupt in the Middle East, then the toilet will get flushed, along with any hopes of economic recovery.
But I hear you ask: What has that got to do with Ladysmith? Well, to be frank, our town is suffering from premature flushing. The bowl is empty, thanks to uThukela, and what remains is the stench of decay as our town slowly rots under gross mismanagement.
When taxi bosses protest against our mayor, accusing him of mismanagement of the town, surely alarm bells should ring? But let us be honest, do we really need taxi bosses to tell us the obvious?
Take a look around town… Our Town Hall, the bastion of our political infrastructure and wealth, has sat with broken windows at the entrance and a tattered flag.
The rest of the CBD needs a major clean. Maybe some intrepid sleuth will do us a favour and hunt down a street in Ladysmith that does not have either overgrown grass entering the roadway, a recently dug uThukela archaeological dig, water leaks or potholes…
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