Once again let us all attack every idea that is South African because deep down inside we are big racists and don't like the government and anything it comes up with.
Most of us would love to have access to decent public transport.
The reality is that the ANC track record instills no confidence in any project they initiate. Whether it is 2010 soccer, healthcare, AIDS prevention, anti-gravy train or Gautrain.
The reality is as well that the standard and efficiency of the near useless public transport system left by de klerk & co, even got worse under ANC management.
The outcry is about the efficiency of the plans - the way they are conceived, executed and funded. Especially funded, as it seems that every "plan" creates wealth for another set of ANC cronies at the expense of the tax payer with very little value for money, if any value at all.
I repeat my plea for efficient public transport - London provides a world class example of what could be done. A clean, well maintained train every few minutes between the equavalent of Cape Town and Stellenbosch with smart card ticketing. Smart cards also valid for buses.
I have for a long time thought that if companies changed their working hours then traffic could easily be relieved. My company does that, we start a bit earlier and finish a bit earlier, and believe it helps with traffic a lot.
Not all companies are so lucky to be isolated from the rest of the world. Most companies must keep working hours related to clients and suppliers.
Shifting an hour in relation to your suppliers and clients effectively reduces productivity as you will have an hour less to work.
Its the logical thing to do. Its not about government failure or the public being left carrying the buck, its about the fact that the population is growing and there isn't enough place for everyone on a train. Just a few years ago I used to catch an overcrowded train from Stellenbosch to Cape Town. It wasn't nice being squashed against a door with the force of a hundred people swaying around. The best was to move your body with the crowd otherwise you could get hurt. Now imagine an emergency. Also people were hanging onto the doors from outside because they couldn't get in. Perhaps this is what led to train surfing in the first place.
Fully agreed. Unfortunately the ANC decided not to order new train sets in good time. Just as they decided not to order new power stations in good time. As an obvious ANC supporter, please eat what your hero's serve.
The BCEA and LRA acts need to be ammended to accomodate a compressed working week, I am tired of seeing the corporates benefit from the working classes.
If you are unhappy the way the corporates benefit from the working classes, take the initiative and move into the "corporate bosses" class yourself and start your own business. I did it with others, and I'm not ashamed of taking home a very decent pay package compared to people working for me - I don't have a high staff turnover, because the good ones are paid better than they can easily get elsewhere.
Anyone who started an own business will be able to tell you of the sweat and hardship during the first few years. I doubt if I will ever get enough money from the business to make up for the first few years.
This part of the story is never told to the working classes when the bosses drive super cars to their mansions at night.
But the big bonus is that at present I call the shots, and don't have to suffer anymore under tyrannical rule of an incompetent BEE idiot.
