Page 30 - Reader Letter News Today

Minister, with due respect, our men and women in blue are not protected at all - nationals from Zimbabwe and Lesotho are causing havoc in our beloved country. Your subordinates were mowed down and bludgeoned to death by Zimbabweans in the past days and there was no comment from the leader of EFF condemning this violence against your police because they are his henchmen from the North who are wreaking havoc in our country.

Last week, large parts of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane were again left without water because of Rand Water’s inability to protect and maintain its infrastructure. This is exactly what happened towards the end of February 2022 when residents across the province were left without water for days on end.

What has become of us in a democracy? It’s almost given that a protest for a particular cause will descend into violence and destruction of amenities. We’ve grown accustomed to a strike ending with the burning of school and library or clinic. This pandemic will be with us for a long time. Gone are the days when visionary leadership with a conscience and constructive engagement was a standard.

As Raymond Ackerman, the founder of the Pick n Pay supermarket group, celebrated his 92nd birthday on March 10, the business world is indebted to him for the vast business knowledge and experience he has shared with us through his books such as Hearing the Grasshopper Jump, The Four Legs of the Table and Sprat Catch Mackerel.

Jacob Zuma must just embrace his retirement and fade peacefully away from public consciousness.

Will the incoming minister in the Presidency responsible for electricity, Sputla Ramokgopa, work magic to resolve the incessant loadshedding with his civil engineering qualifications?

By holding on to resentment and anger, you make a hurtful experience of a decade ago seem like yesterday’s.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to move out of Frogmore Cottage, which they rarely used.

Let's change our mindset, black brothers and sisters, let us not worship destructive deeds that take our beloved country backwards.

It is a pity that the literacy crisis is deepening in SA according to the new report released by the NGO Groundup on February 7 2023.