Editor
I want to respond to the letters written by ‘Observant Ratepayer’ (May 7) and Dario Raciti (May 15).
These two people are seconding each other with something that is totally wrong and disgusting because it insults poor people.
The Community Work Project (CWP) was meant to create job opportunities for poor families in order to alleviate poverty.
It was not the worker’s choice to be poor; it is because of different reasons.
So it’s very painful to hear bourgeoisie discuss the plight of poor people.
It is even an insult to take their pictures without their permission to send it overseas and to call them statues.
I think you did it because you know they don’t have the resources to sue you.
I believe at work you do not only rest during lunch or dinner, you need to take a two-minute break to recover some energy.
If you discussed them like this, I think you need to see them work like slaves.
As ratepayers, I assume you have domestic and garden workers at your houses, I can feel how you treat them.
Even your last statement Dario, according to my understanding is promoting racism, it says: “When I see the waste of our ratepayers money in that way, I see no rainbow, I see red!”
The painful part about you rich men is that you don’t understand the procedure of reporting the concern in order for it to be addressed.
Let me provide you with advice, you need to write a letter to the relevant person (project manager of the CWP) not to the media for your popularity.
You must learn to respect other people even if you have everything.
The government helps poor people with these projects by creating jobs for them; it helps a lot in the community.
It decreases crime and assists families with basic needs.
It even makes these poor people contribute to tax through VAT when they are buying goods and using services.
Therefore in South Africa there is no one who does not contribute towards tax.
Bongumusa Michael Mnguni