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More Letters
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Taxis subvert BRT plan for own benefit
THE article in The Herald on Tuesday on the minibus drivers disrupting transport as taxi boss Melekile Hani went to court raises more questions than answers (“Taxi strike mayhem”).I AM very happy Hani (a man who has had a string of charges against him) is behind bars. The fact he is employed, protected and paid by the metro is also very bizarre. |
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Teach drivers a lesson by fining them
IN response to Renzo Driussi’s letter (“Drivers ignoring sign will result in accident”, The Herald, March 17), there are five four-way stop streets in Van der Stel Street that are ignored by most motorists, many of whom are on cellphones and also have children in their cars. In many cases they do not even slow down, but just simply cruise through. |
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City being held to ransom by strikers
I WAS one of the unfortunate individuals to have been caught up in yet another of our city’s taxi striking circuses (“Taxi strike mayhem”, The Herald, March 16). When will the metro start taking a stand against the taxi association and realising they are fast turning into a mafia? |
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Affirmative action necessary to redress labour discrimination
I WAS appalled by what was written by S Schkolne (“Scrap affirmative action urgently in favour of merit”, The Herald, March 4). He alludes affirmative action is not helping this country and is becoming a national culture resulting in unwarranted ousting of whites.I MUST congratulate S Schkolne for his observations – he has hit the nail right on the lead. |
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Cars used for private transport
IT is with great interest that I read the article on the shortage of vehicles for the police dog unit (“Dog unit’s dire vehicle shortage”, The Herald, March 17). Vehicles get lent between departments to do their work. |
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Fame seemingly more important than a human life
I WAS incredibly relieved to read rapper Molemo Maarohanye, better known as “Jub Jub”, and his counterpart, Themba Tshabalala, have been charged with murder after their fatal car accident left four children dead and others critically injured (“Pupils want ‘justice’ for fatal crash”, The Herald, March 11). |
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2509 student nurses being trained in EC colleges
WITH reference to H Pearson’s letter, “Too few nurses trained in region” (The Herald, February 23), the department is equally concerned about the severe shortage of health professionals in this province, especially nurses. As early as 2002, we started putting in innovative ways of attracting more nurses into the province and retain those who were already in the system. |
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Open grassland here in city
DRIVING up and down Cape Road every day, I amuse myself by thinking why people make the effort to travel inland to experience the open grass fields and plains of the arid Karoo when they can view metre-high grass-covered verges right on their doorstep. |
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Exhortation in Malema’s ‘kill the boer’ song may lead to more brutal attacks on farmers
JULIUS Malema is not only making a fool of the ANCYL but also the ANC by saying “kill the boer” is a theme song of the ANC (“Complaints aplenty after Malema sings ‘kill the boer’”, The Herald, March 11).THE “kill the farmer, kill the boer!”, “shoot the farmer, they are racists!” chants reverberate through the violent veins of the history of our country. The first one was uttered by an activist who had a history of struggle, inexcusable as the context of the chant still is. |
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Drivers ignoring sign will result in accident
AS a matter of priority and disturbance, could the traffic department look into the number of vehicles driving through Constance Road in Broadwood who totally ignore the stop street sign? |
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Sad reflection on society
WHAT a sad reflection on and indictment of our society when the first four ads being shown in some cinemas are about drug abuse, alcohol abuse, slavery (human trafficking) and abuse of women |
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Organisation at EP game embarrassingly bad
IT is very difficult to stay positive and loyal to EP rugby when you attend a home match at the EPRU Stadium. The organisation and planning on the day is nothing short of ridiculous, amateurish and downright embarrassing (“Fullback Peach shines as EP go down fighting”, The Herald, March 15).EP rugby’s inability to do the basics right against WP proved very costly. One always felt EP could beat WP but their ball retention is disgustingly bad. |
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Cyclists should pay attention to own safety
THE news of the cyclists killed on the R62 last week was awful and my heart goes out to all their families and friends (“Bakkie ploughs into cyclists, killing three”, The Herald, March 9), but I feel it necessary to point out it is also the responsibility of cyclists to make sure they are visible at all times and to choose, with their own safety in mind, where they should be cycling. |
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Bringing back military ranks in police to be welcomed
THE public were told on March 11 the Cabinet had approved rank title changes for the South African Police Service. This announcement has triggered a heated debate on the past associations attached to the “military” ranks that are being resuscitated. |
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Not very PC
IN these days of “political correctness”, should not your heading, “Dirty old men are a medical fact” (March 12) be changed to “Sexy senior citizens”? |
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