Durban car trail on, but not so hot
Friday, November 05, 2010
Since mid-October, local dealers and middlemen profiteering from the Japanese cars in Durban were hit hard after dozens of warehouses were shut down, while clearance certificates were also frozen for Botswana-bound vehicles, leaving local dealers in confusion.
However, some locals, who had long put in orders for their Japanese cars started receiving them last week, while some middlemen early this week also started travelling to Durban to buy cars for their clients.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...