Unfinished Vereeniging taxi rank to be flattened

[schumi]

ROADS and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo has announced that his department will demolish the unfinished Vereeniging taxi rank and replace it with a larger intermodal rank incorporating retail space, long-distance buses and the train station.

R64 million was spent on the never-used uncompleted rank.

Mamabolo told of the plan while addressing a small group of stakeholders at Sedibeng District Municipality’s offices last Wednesday. They included representatives of taxi associations and officials from the municipality and from Emfuleni Local Municipality.

He said the unfinished rank was “not what government and taxi operators wanted”. This contradicted a statement he made during a question-and-answer session in the Gauteng legislature in September, when he said the department had terminated services of Moreteng Investment - the contractor responsible for the unfinished rank - in 2018 as a result of it being insolvent and not because of “poor workmanship”. He said the contractor had been paid R64m.

More at : https://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/unfinished-vereeniging-taxi-rank-to-be-flattened-37936964

 

[Flanders]

64 bar? Let me guess, looks something like...

 

[santaman202]

Only in africa

 

[Milano]

Well done on another f-up.

 

[Temujin]

 

[Temujin]

64 bar? Let me guess, looks something like...

You're very optimistic

 

[Flanders]

You're very optimistic

Forgot to apply Africa filter.

 

[Hemi300c]

To all those who voted for and support the anc fvck you.

 

[The_Mowgs]

So are they getting the R64m back or did the contractor's money dry up and he registered another business for this rank?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

screw em
the taxi operators can pay for their own taxi rank with their tax free cash they earn daily

 

[thestaggy]

So a further R200 billion to be spent on the upgrade of an incomplete upgrade?

Sounds about ANC.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Please flatten all the taxi's as well

 

[Urist]

For those who just read the headlines, It looks like this:

R64 m right there

For comparison, heres a R65m property in sandhurst

and a R55m one in constantia

 

[RedViking]

The ranks was probably not close to a busy intersection or shops.

 

[RedViking]

For those who just read the headlines, It looks like this:

R64 m right there

For comparison, heres a R65m property in sandhurst

That blue paint is expensive.

 

[Urist]

That blue paint is expensive.

Haha, so is the bee certiificates and the brown envelopes, (not pictured)

 

[SAguy]

But there's no money to build new schools, or to improve education in poor areas. Almost like the government wants a future of uneducated peasants.

 

[RedViking]

But there's no money to build new schools, or to improve education in poor areas. Almost like the government wants a future of uneducated peasants.

The money is there, the schools just never arrived.

 

[ShaunSA]

I'm sure Mogoeng Mogoeng will be along shortly to blame apartheid for this one

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I'm sure Mogoeng Mogoeng will be along shortly to blame apartheid for this one

or Apartheid, or White people, or Jan.
or all 3.

but who cares, there is a limitless pot of money called the SA tax-payer that we can suck dry.
so we can continue making screw-ups and spend R10 on a taxi rank and the rest on BMW's and new houses.