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So it's true. My neighbour across the road told me a story about our insurance companies - more specifically house insurance. If you suffer any sort of damage to your house structure you claim from house insurance, which is normally your bond holder. In my case Absa sent a black contractor to fix the damage sustained during the attempted break-in a couple of weeks ago.

These guys made such a shambles out of a job that I initially did and after much complaining to Absa, the sent a white contractor to not only finish the job, but also repair what the previous contractor stuffed up. So who is paying for all this BEE and affirmative action nonsense after all?

Some more trains got burned by commuters fed-up with service delivery. The commuters did such a good job that there are now no services available for a couple of weeks. Sorry to say but I was brought up with the values of appreciation for what you've got, even if it's not exactly what you wanted. Same with privileges, you abuse it, it's taken away - simple.

Still on trains. Seems our Gautrans bullet train is not going to make it by 2010. The organisers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup made an urgent appeal to the Transport guys to get their act together. Germany is on standby just in case it turns out that we (after all) don't have our house in order. I would be branded a pessimist and doomsayer if I said that the whole thing will probably fall flat at the end of the day with another country stepping in to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup so I'll leave it up to you to decide.

Looking at the facts though it's hard to believe that this project will ever get off the ground. With governments' reputation contracts are being challenged and nothing is happening to get the ball rolling. And with an initial budget of R7 million now standing at a staggering R20 million, people are starting to ask serious questions.

I admit that the arms deal was a lot more involved than this project and I'm sure that it was a dear lesson learnt by all involved in the arms deal (especially our friend Yengeni who's still driving his discounted Merc) but these guys were obviously not involved in any sort of planning with the transport guys. Or maybe it's the old case of see how it's done, come back home and stuff it up for the sake of Africanism.

Of course it makes sense to ensure beforehand that this whole project will be sustainable for years to come, but until you're sure you don't use it as a carrot to attract international events.

Then there's our beloved Francois Pienaar. The driving force behind the 2011 Rugby World Cup. I wonder what he will use to convince the powers that this country is actually capable of hosting an event like that? We could always issue all visitors with AK's and unlimited rounds. And as a bonus we can throw in an urban combat course presented by the Israelis!

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	10 November 2005
So it's true. My neighbour across the road told me a story about our insurance companies - more specifically house insurance. If you suffer any sort of damage to your house structure you claim from house insurance, which is normally your bond holder. In my case Absa sent a black contractor to fix the damage sustained during the attempted break-in a couple of weeks ago. These guys made such a shambles out of a job that I initially did and after much complaining to Absa, the sent a white contractor to not only finish the job, but also repair what the previous contractor stuffed up. So who is paying for all this BEE and affirmative action nonsense after all? Some more trains got burned by commuters fed-up with service delivery. The commuters did such a good job that there are now no services available for a couple of weeks. Sorry to say but I was brought up with the values of appreciation for what you've got, even if it's not exactly what you wanted. Same with privileges, you abuse it, it's taken away - simple. Still on trains. Seems our Gautrans bullet train is not going to make it by 2010. The organisers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup made an urgent appeal to the Transport guys to get their act together. Germany is on standby just in case it turns out that we (after all) don't have our house in order. I would be branded a pessimist and doomsayer if I said that the whole thing will probably fall flat at the end of the day with another country stepping in to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup so I'll leave it up to you to decide. Looking at the facts though it's hard to believe that this project will ever get off the ground. With governments' reputation contracts are being challenged and nothing is happening to get the ball rolling. And with an initial budget of R7 million now standing at a staggering R20 million, people are starting to ask serious questions. I admit that the arms deal was a lot more involved than this project and I'm sure that it was a dear lesson learnt by all involved in the arms deal (especially our friend Yengeni who's still driving his discounted Merc) but these guys were obviously not involved in any sort of planning with the transport guys. Or maybe it's the old case of see how it's done, come back home and stuff it up for the sake of Africanism. Of course it makes sense to ensure beforehand that this whole project will be sustainable for years to come, but until you're sure you don't use it as a carrot to attract international events. Then there's our beloved Francois Pienaar. The driving force behind the 2011 Rugby World Cup. I wonder what he will use to convince the powers that this country is actually capable of hosting an event like that? We could always issue all visitors with AK's and unlimited rounds. And as a bonus we can throw in an urban combat course presented by the Israelis!	Past Views Current Joke Past jokes Gallery Links Current Exchange Rate Daily News Headlines Articles
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