March and April could just prove to be ‘super months’ for the South Coast economy.
That is, if we get our act together in time.
Both months have a liberal smattering of public holidays that can be stretched into three full blown mini-breaks just by adding a few days of official leave.
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* Kick off with March 21, add Thursday and Friday and you can have a five-day break.
* Easter Weekend starting on March 30 is a four-day given.
* Then the end of April becomes another super-duper, five-day break by merely adding Monday. Tuesday is May Day.
If one takes all three weekends, only three days of ‘official’ leave can add up to a total of 14 days off work (including weekends).
Alas, the Cape will be staring down the pipe at ‘Day Zero’ and talk in the ‘cloud’ is that the upcountry crowds are eyeing wetter pastures.
Dare we hope that we fall into that category this year?
Some have said that many living in the Ugu District have been experiencing ‘Day Zero’ for two years. Only this past festive season.
While Ugu oozes water and sewage, it is extremely difficult for the rest of us to ooze confidence when dangling carrots for tourists like our South Coast Bike Fest, Blue Flag beaches, fine golf courses, the beautiful Oribi Gorge, Umtamvuma River and much more.
Been there, done that, stubbed my toe.
Ugu municipal manager DD Naidoo is on record as saying he is ’embarrassed’ by the Auditor-General’s recent ‘qualified audit’ and promised non-performing heads would roll.
Let’s hope so, but forgive us if we don’t hold our breath.
Eighteen months down the drain, absolutely no one has been held accountable for the shameful acts of sabotage by healthy workers over a ‘death and disability’ insurance policy.
Charges were laid by DD himself in December a year ago and by the DA’s George Henderson after a sewage spill into Uvongo lagoon.
Not only has no one been castigated, but the water and sewage problems continue unabated.
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Over this past festive season, Cogta officials and MECs jammed the N2 with blue light brigades to rush to our rescue.
However, they obviously forgot their plumbing tools as they left soon afterwards and nothing has really changed.
So, here’s the challenge:
Somebody, please, go on record and promise taps will stay ON and sewage will stay OUT for these two super months.
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