DA makes first hotline complaint

[gregmcc]

http://www.news24.com/Content/South...9-2009-05-10/DA_makes_first_hotline_complaint

Democratic Alliance MP Gareth van Onselen claims it took him 80 minutes and six phone calls to make the complaint

Sounds like the phones are being manned by Telkom!

 

[theratman]

I heard on the radio over 6000 people called during the first 3 hours.
It's a new service and it's going to take time for it to run smoothly.

 

[gregmcc]

The hotline, launched by President Jacob Zuma as a way of stamping out corruption, received 7 261 calls between 09:00 and noon - or 40 calls per minute - on its first day on Monday.

 

[LazyLion]

must be a lot of corruption out there

 

[-toady-]

must be a lot of corruption out there

NO!!!! Say it isn't so!

 

[Balstrome]

Do we get a follow up tomorrow on which problems have been cleared up?

This is going to come back and bite Zuma in the butt, big time. It's a stick that he created to beat himself with. He should have kept quite about it. Mark my words

 

[gregmcc]

It's a stick that he created to beat himself with.

Maybe he's into S&M

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

And plus JZ appointed a Kwaito star to run it. Apparently the guy has some qualifications too.

 

[DaLaw.za]

Totally uncalled for in my opinion. The DA just wants something to moan about. Criticize steps in the wrong directions, not teething problems with steps forward.

 

[PostmanPot]

Was mostly service delivery complaints.

 

[Sackboy]

The DA have got a fat cheek! Have you tried complaining to the DA council. Never mind 80 minutes, more like 80 weeks. There's also no guarantee of a reply (ever)!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DreamKing]

it is the way how DA may talk to zuma.....

good point!

 

[PeterCH]

So who was first then DA or ZUMA?

 

[Kosmik]

TBH, I think the call center is a good idea but no matter how they set it up, that was a HUGE call volume!

 

[STS]

the call center is a very good idea, but i can't help but get a feeling that becoz it's toll free, that it's going to be abused by angry public. just on O-fm yesterday i heard they were trying to get thru to complain about Malema not seeing the South African cricket team in

 

[EtienneK]

The DA have got a fat cheek! Have you tried complaining to the DA council. Never mind 80 minutes, more like 80 weeks. There's also no guarantee of a reply (ever)!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol. Have the put up that Stop sign for you, yet?

 

[Mila]

I voted for them but if this is not the media pulling things out of perportion i have to say this sounds like wet panties to me.

They did not think of it first so now they are sour.

 

[McGuywer]

the call center is a very good idea, but i can't help but get a feeling that becoz it's toll free, that it's going to be abused by angry public. just on O-fm yesterday i heard they were trying to get thru to complain about Malema not seeing the South African cricket team in

Where were the cricket team?

 

[STS]

Where were the cricket team?

rugby team? whoever, i'm in a daze half of the time

 

[Sackboy]

Lol. Have the put up that Stop sign for you, yet?

Actually I had a reply very recently to an e-mail I sent more than 2 years ago on a similar theme.

From the reply, they clearly didn't even read the contents and have got the wrong end of the stick as well. This, sadly, is typical of council staff. Zille should be ashamed. Since she "shook" things up there it's only got worse.