Mbeki gets R90 million security wall

How would you even build a 225k-per-meter wall? Half-meter thick polished rose marble with 2m of concrete foundations to prevent tunneling and a height of about 10m might do it, with the import costs and skilled labour. Add electric fence and generator for when Eskom fscks out again, and then... what the hell, that's the best I can do without adding crennelations and machinegun nests.
 
Rex Regis said:
How sure are you they arent going to be there?:p
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Yea.

And it's probably something like :

Foundations : R 250 000
Wall : R 400 000
Eina Ivy : R100 000
Electrification of Eina Ivy : R 50 000
Miscellaneous and overruns : R200 000
Project Management : R 89 000 000
Total : R 90 000 000
 
The big question is: who is T-Bone trying to keep out? Jacob Zuma?
 
BobbyMac said:
Koos: you forgot to add the cost of the consultants.
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Didn't have time to break down the project management into conslutants, graft, and nepotism.

But I forgot the cost of the 10 cows and the ritual slaughter to consecrate the wall.
 
chiskop said:
Koos - I think thats a ridiculous exaggeration. There's no way foundations cost R250 000. ;)
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It could - if the entire length has granite that needs to be removed with specialised equipment - even then it will be a stretch.
 
I would also like to see some facts around this staggering figure. If the people involved are sworn to secrecy, I would like to know where this figure is coming from? I do also have my reservations about the newspaper reporting in this country. R22m can easily turn into R2.2m and R90m can very well turn out to be R0.9m. At first glance I thought they were talking about Mbeki's retirement home only to find out that it's the official presidential house which Mbeki will soon be vacating for the next president.
 
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I know, TM wanted something like the pyramids, but because nobody knows for sure how that was done, they first have to build a time travel machine. Making one, seamless, solid, stone wall is a bit of a challenge, especially for us modern folk.
 
Maybe they need a retaining wall for all the bullsh1t?

Anyhow - I'm sure there is some exaggeration - seems to be Bleed's MO these days. The wall probably cost r90 and went around a doll's house before they got to it.
 
I have figured it out: he heard about Steve Jobs' reality distortion field and decided he needed one aswell.
 
Beeld is a rag although if remotely true, this would be a massive exaggeration of the truth, even for them.

[humor on]

The Minister of Public Works wanted to remodel her office, so she Invited different contractors for tenders.

One was from Johannesburg, one from Durban and the last one from a BBBEE group.

"OK gentlemen, I want a nice job," She said, "Let's hear from Jhb?"

The guy took out his ultrasonic measuring device and laptop and began measuring, scrawling on the computer, calculating.
Eventually he said "R90 000, Madam Minister,"

"That seems like quite a lot of money! Why R90,000?"

"You see," he replied, "that's R40 000 for material, R40 000 for labour And R10 000 for my profit".

She seemed OK with that and turned to the Durban contractor. "So how much do you want to do the job?" she asked.

The Durban fella took out a rusted tape measure, broken clipboard and a blunt pencil. He took some measurements, scratched some calculations on the back of his Rothmans box and came up with a figure of R70,000.

"That's interesting!" said Stella. "Explain the R70 000?"

"Simple, Madam Minister, I got a brother-in-law in the hardware trade, so that's R35 000 for materials, R30,000 for my guys, and R5,000 for my profit and all."

She was amused but happy to accept the explanation.

Then she asked the BBBEE group contractor for his quotation. He just smiled, looked the minister in the eyes and said, "R270 000!"

"Yoh Yoh Yoh!.... How did you come to that amount without even taking your measurements? What is that amount for?"

"That's R100 000 for me and R100 000 for you!"

"So what about the remaining R70 000?"

"We hire that guy from Durban to do the job!!!" :D
[/humor off]
 
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