EDITOR – An hour ago, after writing and re-writing a letter in my head since Thursday, I had a PING! moment – the penny dropped (No, it did not hurt a bit – thank you for your concern – but 'twas euphoric!).
What happened was an almost “total recall” that virtually erased that draft (such is the beauty of the human brain). But I digress.
Tell me, what is note-worthy of the following, besides that the lines on top of each page are perfectly aligned? Or that the DA got more column-centimetres this year?
It is the obsession with projects, sometimes called legacy-projects – projects that oftentimes are used to boast “I did that”.
I will not even ask what has been achieved in the past year, for the proof is in the pudding – there isn't any, not even a crumb! Finger-lickin' proof would have been if wards, per se, were seen to have improved. Projects and initiatives, at whatever level of government, merely create little talking-points within huge, largely neglected, spaces.
On the obsession with speed-calming, I suggest those in favour experience the calming partially achieved in Sol Harris Crescent, Ward 26, while Brickhill Road as well as Stanger and Prince Alfred Streets, Ward 26 are ignored speedways, with vehicles often reaching close to 200kph. Also experience Playfair Road, Ward 26.
Speed-calming is the responsibility of the Durban Metropolitan Police Service (DuMPS), not any other unit of the City.
While the councillors do pronounce the calming buzz-words “service delivery”, “community participation”, “law enforcement” and “policy”, methinks they see April 2016 looming.
I suppose if the ANC can get on the campaign trail early, then the DA too can. And deliver SOS (Same Old **it) once again.
Mahmood
North Beach
