'They came with machetes' - deadline looms for migrants to leave South Africa

Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Well I know two guys from Zim that told me last week they loading foreigners in busses where they staying. They both laughed and said they going to take the bus and go home for free and will see me in a month or two again
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No way....are you saying that these guys said they would be back? Unbelievable....
 
porchrat said:
Nobody is hating on you here lol

It's just what you're saying, that we eliminate ward councilor salaries and that will somehow fix maintenance backlogs, is nonsense on the face of it.

These metros need BILLIONS to address the maintenance problem, not the millions you save from not paying ward councilors.

It's questionable if even billions would solve the maintenance problem, because the problem isn't really about not having enough money. It's about how the money they have is allocated. Look at that issue first before you look at something as paltry as what they're paying ward councilors.
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Yes, you clever and I'm stupid, but you too clever to provide answer.
 
DarkStarMonday said:
Until next week Thursday comrade.
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wingnut771 said:
Yes, you clever and I'm stupid, but you too clever to provide answer.
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I'm not saying you're stupid. You're just obsessing over something that, in the grand scheme of things, is a very small percentage of the money being dealt with to the point of almost being entirely irrelevant.

I have provided several potential answers and alternatives throughout our discussion. I'll summarise again for you here:
  • Deal with issues like how municipal employees are hired (more independent oversight assigned probably from a provincial level because right now it's all just party loyalty focused free-for-alls regardless of merit). Should help with the poor budget allocation and general ineptitude.
  • Investigate municipal tenders and use of consultants/private firms to provide municipal services (again, more oversight is needed here, money is being funneled out of the munis through corruption).
  • Beef up enforcement of non-payment of rates etc.
  • Adjust municipal salaries and employee counts to something more reflective of what the muni's budget can handle (you already see pressure being placed on JHB for this at a national budget level).
 
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porchrat said:
I'm not saying you're stupid. You're just obsessing over something that, in the grand scheme of things, is a very small percentage of the money being dealt with to the point of almost being entirely irrelevant.

I have provided several answers. I'll summarise again for you here:
  • Deal with issues like how municipal employees are hired (more independent oversight assigned probably from a provincial level because right now it's all just party loyalty focused free-for-alls regardless of merit). Should help with the poor budget allocation and general ineptitude.
  • Investigate municipal tenders and use of consultants/private firms to provide municipal services (again, more oversight is needed here, money is being funneled out of the munis through corruption).
  • Adjust municipal salaries and employee counts to something more reflective of what the muni's budget can handle.
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Who is going to do these things?

This is Cape Town CBD area by-the-way:
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