Butthead’s Beat: What’s R170-billion between comrades?
Our beaches and facilities need to be inviting to all.
ALWAYS look on the bright side of life, British comedian Eric Idle always says (or sings).
So, let’s do that. Many of the Lower South Coast farms grow bananas so some parts are already geared for the ‘new republic’ after our president’s R170-billion oopsie when he decided to juggle three Ministers of Finance in five days.
The stock exchange shed value like confetti and the rand crashed to its lowest level ever.
Business Day editor Peter Bruce ‘Twittered’ his friend in England immediately and tried to urge him to come out here for Christmas. “You’re going to get at least R24 to the pound,” he enthused. “I would have loved to, Pete,” was the reply, “but I can’t seem to get a visa.”
As ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa explained after Pravin Gordhan jumped in to stem the economic mudslide, this was ‘democracy at its best’. Jayzee proved by reversing his snap decision that he is ‘not a dictator’ and is prepared to change his mind to accommodate the views of others.
What a man! That certainly makes a lot of sense. What’s R170-billion lost between comrades?
Maybe South Coast political leaders should take a page out of Jayzee’s book and humbly ‘fess up’ that they have erred somewhat at local level by poor planning all round for this festive season.
Our beaches and facilities need to be inviting to all. We all want to see little Johnny, Jannie, Jay and Vusi frolicking in the surf together, their proud parents watching them from our Blue Flag beaches, sunning themselves or sitting under umbrellas licking ice creams.
But where’s the logic in spoiling it all for the above by allowing hooligans (of any race group) to get drunk, shower in the nude, play thumping, headache inducing music and trash the area?
It just doesn’t make sense. In a nutshell, the entire South Coast is a unique destination. We don’t have any fancy Umhlanga-type hotels that attract the super rich.
However, we are a destination for families (of all races) who are not-so-flush, but who have still earned the right to a safe, affordable and fun holiday.
