No sympathy for ‘fools and lazy people’

Editor
Having just returned from Europe where I had business to attend, I feel I need to reply to certain points made in a letter published in my absence.
Rich or poor has nothing to do with it; I have a problem with fools and lazy people.
Bongumusa states “the Community Work Project was meant” not is meant, it’s been a failure, because those employed are not properly briefed and more importantly not supervised.
I’ve seen the same level of activity in other similar projects in northern KwaZulu-Natal, the only time I’ve seen it done efficiently was near Melmoth where the individuals were placed some 200 meters apart and were responsible for cleaning that section.
With reference to his statement how I treat my domestic workers, let me tell you Bongumusa, I built her a little home (not a tin shack) ten years ago where I paid for all labour and material, done professionally by my artisans.
She is still employed by the family.
I do have great sympathy for the poor and spent 16 years helping with an organisation where the money was raised for the underprivileged, especially trying to help the rural schools in our area.
My father started life in this country as an ex-prisoner of war, with no money but skill and determination and a work ethic that he passed onto his sons, who have all, continued with the example he set.
Some people manage to extract themselves from the circle of poverty but it does not come without sacrifices.
A case in point is the young scholar who would come and work in our garden on Saturdays and his school holidays and today he is a school principal.
Dario Raciti