Readers have their say: The time for patience is over

Let’s be clear: there is no genocide in South Africa. What there is, is a country being looted, neglected, and betrayed by its own leaders. For 30 years, we’ve watched everything fall apart. Crime is a daily terror, corruption has hollowed out every institution, and ordinary South Africans are left to fend for themselves while politicians enrich themselves.

Now, while our people suffer, President Ramaphosa runs to America like a beggar hoping for handouts and sympathy. No foreign country is coming to save us. And quite frankly, why should they when our leaders refuse to do their jobs? South Africa doesn’t need PR trips and empty speeches. We need competent, honest, and fearless leadership. We need roads that work, hospitals that heal, schools that educate, and police that protect. Enough is enough. We must stop making excuses for this government and start demanding what we deserve. The time for patience is over. | Rajen Maharaj Westcliff, Chatsworth

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The DA in eThekwini has formally called for a report from the Municipality’s Legal and Compliance Unit to the Finance Committee on the status of the High Court application concerning the levying of rates on land owned by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB). This request was made during the meeting of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) held on 06 May 2025. At a prior MPAC meeting on 13 March 2025, when the issue of outstanding rates claimed from the ITB was raised, it was revealed that the ITB had taken the view that ­responsibility for the rates should fall either on the Traditional Councils occupying the land or the Department of Land Affairs. The Department had, in other municipalities, paid rates on such land and was thus expected to do the same in eThekwini. It was also reported that the Municipality had approached the High Court to obtain a declaratory order to determine which of these parties, the ITB, the Department of Land Affairs, or the Traditional Councils, should be liable for these rates. | Councillor Warren Burne DA eThekwini Councillor

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Parliament is now full of recycled crooks who are in charge of our money and country. We have to stop voting for them. | Joe Soap

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