Going Down In Flames
In this mornings Beeld newspaper, a Prof Deon Scott, of UNISA, foresees that the likelihood of municipal service delivery crashing completely is closer than many SAns think. The Treasury has recently made public a report that the total debt owing to some 283 municipalities amounted to a staggering R50,4 BILLION. He says the debt train has built up so much momentum that it is going to be difficult to stop. In addition, there appears to be lack of political will to collect the arrears, and if it does not change, municipalities are going to have much more difficulty.
So what is happening ? Simple. Niggers are not paying their way and the ANC councillors are crap scared to start legal proceedings against them. To top that off, there are too few Whites to carry this massive burden. Johannesburg metro is at the top of the list with R9,1 billion, followed by Ekurhuleni R6,8 billion and Cape Town, with around R4,5 billion. Tshwane (Pretoria) owes R3,4 billion. They will aply for finance to the tune of at least R700 million because it could not pay Eskom and Rand Water in July.
Scott says even in a large city like Pretoria the danger lights are flashing. Also service delivery is getting worse, especially when considering the 2010 projects. The Treasury reckons municipalities expenses are going to exceed their income soon. Now couple this with the culture of entitlement displayed by our nignog brethren. Already they are being given free water and electricity - up to the first of so many liters/watts you pay nothing and no rates if your property is worth less than R150,000.00.
But they demand "free" houses ! And they are getting them but not fast enough to make them happy. What is a free house ? There aint no such thing. The occupant is not paying for it, because the gubbermunt is giving it. Using whose taxes ? Sooner, rather than later, there will be problems. Is it not weird that the ANC got a perfectly functioning first world infrastructure and within 15 years this infrastructure has become totally dysfunctional ? Connect the dots my friends.
SACP Leader Chooses Top Of The Range Car As Ministerial Vehicle
The reply to a DA parliamentary question has revealed that the Department of Higher Education has purchased a new R1.1 million BMW 7501 for "minister" Blade Nzimande.
It is not insignificant that Nzimande is also the General-Secretary of the South Africa Communist Party (SACP). Speaking in this capacity, in June this year, and endorsing the principles and values behind Nelson Mandela Day, Nzimande stated : "...Nelson Mandela Day must also be a re-affirmation of the values he has come to represent[whatever that is !?!] - that of social solidarity, selflessness, dedication, equity and fairness ! It is through the consistent inculcation of these values that we can roll back the greed, corruption and selfishness of capitalism".
Two months later he has approved over R1 million for a luxury car, for his personal use - which is self-indulgent, unnecessary and extravagant. So much for rolling back the greed and selfishness of capitalism. It appears that only the very best will do for the leaders of the working class. In fact, when set alongside his recent comments, Minister Nzimande's purchase of this vehicle gets to the heart of what is wrong with this ANC government and its alliance partners. The ANC cannot understand the connection between the behaviour - or, more accurately, misbehaviour - of its public representatives, and the lives of ordinary South Africans.
When a minister spends R1-million on luxury vehicles, that is R1-million less that can be spent elsewhere. Remember, this is the self-same minister who recently berated our leading academic research institutions for having too much money (which is was both technically wrong and principally wrongheaded). One wonders how many graduates R1.1 million could produce ?
In this mornings Beeld newspaper, a Prof Deon Scott, of UNISA, foresees that the likelihood of municipal service delivery crashing completely is closer than many SAns think. The Treasury has recently made public a report that the total debt owing to some 283 municipalities amounted to a staggering R50,4 BILLION. He says the debt train has built up so much momentum that it is going to be difficult to stop. In addition, there appears to be lack of political will to collect the arrears, and if it does not change, municipalities are going to have much more difficulty.
So what is happening ? Simple. Niggers are not paying their way and the ANC councillors are crap scared to start legal proceedings against them. To top that off, there are too few Whites to carry this massive burden. Johannesburg metro is at the top of the list with R9,1 billion, followed by Ekurhuleni R6,8 billion and Cape Town, with around R4,5 billion. Tshwane (Pretoria) owes R3,4 billion. They will aply for finance to the tune of at least R700 million because it could not pay Eskom and Rand Water in July.
Scott says even in a large city like Pretoria the danger lights are flashing. Also service delivery is getting worse, especially when considering the 2010 projects. The Treasury reckons municipalities expenses are going to exceed their income soon. Now couple this with the culture of entitlement displayed by our nignog brethren. Already they are being given free water and electricity - up to the first of so many liters/watts you pay nothing and no rates if your property is worth less than R150,000.00.
But they demand "free" houses ! And they are getting them but not fast enough to make them happy. What is a free house ? There aint no such thing. The occupant is not paying for it, because the gubbermunt is giving it. Using whose taxes ? Sooner, rather than later, there will be problems. Is it not weird that the ANC got a perfectly functioning first world infrastructure and within 15 years this infrastructure has become totally dysfunctional ? Connect the dots my friends.
SACP Leader Chooses Top Of The Range Car As Ministerial Vehicle
The reply to a DA parliamentary question has revealed that the Department of Higher Education has purchased a new R1.1 million BMW 7501 for "minister" Blade Nzimande.
It is not insignificant that Nzimande is also the General-Secretary of the South Africa Communist Party (SACP). Speaking in this capacity, in June this year, and endorsing the principles and values behind Nelson Mandela Day, Nzimande stated : "...Nelson Mandela Day must also be a re-affirmation of the values he has come to represent[whatever that is !?!] - that of social solidarity, selflessness, dedication, equity and fairness ! It is through the consistent inculcation of these values that we can roll back the greed, corruption and selfishness of capitalism".
Two months later he has approved over R1 million for a luxury car, for his personal use - which is self-indulgent, unnecessary and extravagant. So much for rolling back the greed and selfishness of capitalism. It appears that only the very best will do for the leaders of the working class. In fact, when set alongside his recent comments, Minister Nzimande's purchase of this vehicle gets to the heart of what is wrong with this ANC government and its alliance partners. The ANC cannot understand the connection between the behaviour - or, more accurately, misbehaviour - of its public representatives, and the lives of ordinary South Africans.
When a minister spends R1-million on luxury vehicles, that is R1-million less that can be spent elsewhere. Remember, this is the self-same minister who recently berated our leading academic research institutions for having too much money (which is was both technically wrong and principally wrongheaded). One wonders how many graduates R1.1 million could produce ?