SA Politics Thread Part 13 The Days of Madlanga

rietrot said:
The idea of heritage protection for just any random building that is older than 60 years is retarded. That means you can never have development, which is needed desperately especially inside a growing city.

Nobody else has this.
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i disagree
there is reason architecture students go out on field trips to have a physical look at the different architectural styles over time.
if the 60yr buildings can be demolished, then nothing will reach beyond that timeframe in future.

a personal example - a house i owned in durban, designed by a german architect for personal residence.
the house is a hybrid design based on philip johnson's "glass house".
every year without fail, the archi students from kzn university would visit and spend time there.
the house was essentially shuttered concrete and glass exterior walls - flat roof with electric retracting skylight above in internal atrium and self levelling koi pond.
there were 2 examples of this architecture in durban - a friend owned the other.
more recently, it's owner started demolition work - leaving only one example left.

before:
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rietrot said:
I do not believe you that these people would protest like commoners by blocking roads and nonsense.

That not how their power works.
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yea, but no

there is a difference between protesting like a commoner & quietly becoming extremely obstructive.
doing things quietly without creating a public spectacle is exactly how power works
 

SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds​


The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s R3.5-bn ‘too tall’ locomotives contract was one of South Africa’s most costly procurement scandals. Newly obtained tax records offer compelling clues that link Prasa’s disgraced former CEO to a recipient of some of the botched deal’s allegedly illicit funds.

Records related to a tax battle between former Passenger Rail Agency of South African (Prasa) boss Lucky Montana and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) offer compelling clues that link Montana financially to an entity that received more than R30-million from the main contractor in Prasa’s infamous R3.5-billion “too tall” locomotives debacle.
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Grant said:
i disagree
there is reason architecture students go out on field trips to have a physical look at the different architectural styles over time.
if the 60yr buildings can be demolished, then nothing will reach beyond that timeframe in future.

a personal example - a house i owned in durban, designed by a german architect for personal residence.
the house is a hybrid design based on philip johnson's "glass house".
every year without fail, the archi students from kzn university would visit and spend time there.
the house was essentially shuttered concrete and glass exterior walls - flat roof with electric retracting skylight above in internal atrium and self levelling koi pond.
there were 2 examples of this architecture in durban - a friend owned the other.
more recently, it's owner started demolition work - leaving only one example left.

before:
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now
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That's not really unique or special. I kinda agree that rich people with bad taste and small weenie syndrome can be bad if they are trying to out do each other with unnecessary big modern buildings. But whatever.

I'm sure the new guy will also get a fancy architect for his.
 
TheChamp said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2054078037847580705
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The bumbling NPA bumbles on.
iol.co.za

BREAKING | Taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni extortion case struck off the court roll

High tensions erupted in court as Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni's lawyer, Shaun Abrahams, confronts state prosecutors over their unprofessional conduct during crucial bail proceedings.
iol.co.za iol.co.za

I wonder if they were paid off,
This was after state prosecutors failed to pitch at court for proceedings which were supposed to begin at 9am.
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TheChamp said:
Sounds very strange that the prosecute rs can just decide not to pitch, but we'll soon find out what is going on.
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To bribe someone to just lose the docket is very common and then the prosecution shows up confused and unprepared(more than normal.)

It is surprisingly to see it in such a high profile case.
 
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