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Starry-eyed Views On City Misplaced

Starry-eyed Views On City Misplaced

At a time when eThekwini Metro is beset by so many self-inflicted shortcomings, how does The Mercury justify its headline story concerning the lack of gender parity (April 8)? Those of us who actually pay our utility bills are interested only in...

8 April 2024 Duncan Du Bois eThekwini, Gender, Metro, service delivery, The Mercury 0 Comments
City War Room Plan Dead On Arrival

City War Room Plan Dead On Arrival

“You can’t find your way to reform through the forces that made reform necessary in the first place.” US President Woodrow Wilson’s pithy observation is what guarantees that President Ramaphosa’s war room to tackle eThekwini’s infrastructure...

26 February 2024 Duncan Du Bois ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, eThekwini, Metro, Woodrow Wilson 0 Comments
Patronage Triumphed In The Kaunda Vote

Patronage Triumphed In The Kaunda Vote

The difference between governance and patronage was on view in the overdue vote to oust Mxolisi Kaunda as mayor of eThekwini municipality (The Mercury, February 1). Unfortunately, patronage triumphed. Governance was represented by those parties...

1 February 2024 Duncan Du Bois eThekwini, Kaunda, KZN, The Mercury 0 Comments
The Looting Culture Within The ANC

The Looting Culture Within The ANC

Looting of funds in eThekwini municipality has become synonymous with ANC misrule as reports in The Mercury over the past three months indicate. In any half-decent public enterprise, the fact that R32 million earmarked for low-cost housing cannot...

15 October 2023 Duncan Du Bois ANC, eThekwini, eThekwini Municipality, Looting, The Mercury 0 Comments
R1,7 M SPLURGE: Questions And Implications

R1,7 M SPLURGE: Questions And Implications

Several questions and implications come to the fore regarding eThekwini municipality’s splurge of R1,7 million on 200 employees for their work excellence (The  Mercury, August 16). If out of a workforce of 28,000 the ANC can find only 200 worthy...

17 August 2023 Duncan Du Bois ANC, eThekwini, eThekwini Municipality, Money, The Mercury 0 Comments
Call For Engineers Is Ironic

Call For Engineers Is Ironic

The appeal by eThekwini Municipality for retired engineers to assist in the management of infrastructure and training of future engineers (The Mercury, July 24) is ironic given the way so many of those professionals were denied promotion and...

26 July 2023 Duncan Du Bois Engineers, eThekwini, The Mercury 0 Comments
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