In the News Today: The ActionSA party in KwaZulu-Natal has lashed out at eThekwini Municipality for spending millions of rands guarding and cleaning the ‘white elephant’ GO!Durban bus terminal structures, while a senior parliamentary figures has lambasted the city for making a rod for its own back and not getting on with it like other major cities.
The party’s provincial chairperson Zwakele Mncwango said the City had issued the contract to protect the bus stations from vandalism and theft with the hope that the project would start operating, which it did not.
Mncwango said that the City was paying close to R5 million a month to guard and clean unused bus stations in KwaMashu and Pinetown.
However, the municipality disputed Mncwango’s figures saying the actual…continue reading HERE.
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Thanks for this post – I have had a great time visiting your site and find myself now wanting to physically visit South Africa. Well Done!
Old Man Winter
Interview with a pirate:
There was a pirate who had agreed to do an interview with a local tv station. The reporter was very courteous and professional, giving a bit of background as to the pirate\’s business. She then began interviewing him.
\”So Mr. Longbeard, are there any risks to your business? I see you have a peg leg- how did that come about?\”
\”Well, y\’see I were sailing along the coast of South Africa, looking to plunder some locals when as I boarded the small boat from the ship, a great white shark came up and got my leg clean off. \’twas scary yes, but thus is the life of a pirate.\”
\”Wow, that is pretty scary- well, how about your hook? What happened to your hand with that?\”
\”Oh now that\’s quite the tale, y\’see I were fighting a rival pirate, and we had locked swords. We had been fighting for a few hours, and were both terribly fatigued. I had a bit of exhaustion and confusion, and when I went to block one of his sword blows, I met him with me hand instead of me sword. Took it right off, but it shocked him so much I managed to get him back pretty good and have him submit. So the hook hand was given as a replacement.\”
\”Wow. Simply fascinating. Now, what about your eye patch? How did that happen?\”
\”Well, one day, a seagull was flying overhead, and I looked up. It pooped right in me eye.\”
\”… Well wow. I must admit, I wouldn\’t think just seagull poop could damage the eye that badly.\”
\”Oh, I forgot to mention… it were me first day with the hook.\”