Should parliament be moved to Pretoria?

[bwana]

Should parliament be moved to Pretoria? Is having the legislative capital in Cape Town worth the expense, or should it join the executive in Pretoria?

 

[Fred07]

Yes. Get the blue light brigade out of the WC.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

No. They should be moved to Robben Island.

 

[SAguy]

Is there any benefit to having it in CPT?
Local hotels and so on probably do well over the period, but not sure if there's any other benefit.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

They need more money to steal, scraping the bottom of the barrel, are they?

 

[lkswan747]

No, we don't want more criminals in Gauteng, the can use the veld and trees at Company's Garden in Cape Town!

 

[Nicky_G]

No. They should be moved to Robben Island.

Then they will need luxury yachts to get from the mainland to Robben Island.

 

[Polymathic]

Instead of having 3 capitals, Government should move everything to Bloemfontein or Harrysmith if you ask me. It's central location between the major population centres and out of the way from major cities so the blue light convoys won't disrupt traffic and cause delays

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Half way, Colesberg

 

[mojoman]

Move them to the Kalahari....

No, we don't want more criminals in Gauteng, the can use the veld and trees at Company's Garden in Cape Town!

Lol...about right.....

 

[ShaunSA]

Yes. They will be just as useless wherever they are so may as well keep them confined to one city

 

["D"]

They should all return to the burned-out building, sit in there and think about what they have done.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Then they will need luxury yachts to get from the mainland to Robben Island.

All good, but once there the hunger games start.

 

[R13...]

No, because the promised savings will end up being swallowed up by ballooning costs as seems to be already happening.

At the time, the cost to move parliament to Pretoria would have been R237 million. Conversely, the cost to move the country’s administration to Cape Town would have been R23.5 billion.

A revised breakdown of the costs published in 2016 saw the costs to move parliament rise to R7 billion – but it was expected that this would save the country between R500 million and R750 million annually.

 

[Brian_G]

Working right or not, the structure is set up for CT and it's still part of the country. I can't see travel to CT making even a scratch on what these characters spend.

 

[heartbroken]

Instead of having 3 capitals, Government should move everything to Bloemfontein or Harrysmith if you ask me. It's central location between the major population centres and out of the way from major cities so the blue light convoys won't disrupt traffic and cause delays

Oi, leave us out of this. We host those clowns every couple of years for the ANC funtime get together and that is more than doing our part, thank you very much.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Oi, leave us out of this. We host those clowns every couple of years for the ANC funtime get together and that is more than doing our part, thank you very much.

Now that be the truth

 

[WalkWithMe]

Not as simple. The staff and the support around is tens of thousands people. It is going to be expensive to move or make redundant. It is not just the few hundred MP's. There is also other structures like the Council of Pronvinces.

 

[Creag]

Is this not what the arsonist wanted?

 

[Herr der Verboten]

... or just crucify the lot? a Few wooden crosses and nails would be cheaper. Besides we will be creating jobs for the local denominations churches.