Letter to the editor: EMS deserve better: Daily Dispatch
June 18th, 2018
The DA is deeply disturbed to read (Daily Dispatch: 14 06 18) that Paramedics and EMS staff are suffering and unprotected. Our Paramedics and EMS staff suffer firstly because they not safe at work and secondly because they are not accompanied by Security Guards despite the dangerous nature of their work. Thirdly complaints from EMS staff include delays in the payment of overtime work and dangerous working conditions in which, for example, …
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Dear editor By-election results show voters are hungry for change The article ‘ANC, DA certain BCM wards after poll’, (DD, 8 June) refers: The results of this week’s by-elections in the Buffalo City Metro (BCM) and Ingquza Hill Local Municipality confirms that the DA is on a solid growth path. The Democratic Alliance (DA) grew from 88% to 96.01% in the ward 18 by-election in BCM, and from 6.24% to …
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Need 24-hour-a-day policing for our roads
March 8th, 2018
THE DA is saddened by the high spate of accidents and fatalities on Eastern Cape roads last weekend. Our heartfelt condolences go to the families and loved ones of those who have passed away. As shadow MEC for transport in the Eastern Cape, I have long advocated the employment of traffic law enforcement that operates 24 hours a day. The DA believes that the lack of visible law enforcement is …
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National Senior Certificate achievers should be treated equally
January 29th, 2018
The front page article “Bhisho’s R80 000 bursary blunder (Weekend Post, 20 January 2018) refers: The Department of Education in the Eastern Cape has committed a grave injustice by not publically recognising the achievement of Heather Diogo. Every learner who writes the National Senior Certificate examinations, whether they go to a government- or a private school, deserves to be treated equally as they all wrote the same examination. It is also …
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Rhino killing blow to EC
January 4th, 2018
IT WAS upsetting beyond measure to learn that a precious, five-year old pregnant rhino had been killed and dehorned by poachers in the Komani Reserve (Daily Dispatch, December 29) It is tragic that the unscrupulous poachers who killed an already endangered rhino displayed such scant regard for our wildlife and also completely disregarded the value that a live rhino offers our tourism industry. The Eastern Cape has the potential to …
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