Monthly Archives: August 2008

Rates errors

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Allan Jackson

There has been an ongoing thread running through many news reports regarding the recent revaluation for rates purposes, of all properties in the municipal area. It has emerged from these reports that the property valuations were arrived at on a … Continue reading →

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Reversing street renaming

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Allan Jackson

The front page in yesterday’s Mercury, August 28, 2008, reports that opposition parties in the city council have launched a court attempt to reverse the name changes. The paper reckons that this is the first salvo in what will be … Continue reading →

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No mass action, please

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Allan Jackson

In a previous post, I mentioned the ongoing Jacob Zuma saga. The threat by local ANC branches to picket procedings is serious enough that KZN Judge President Vuka Tshabalala has called on the ANC not to inimidate the courts. The … Continue reading →

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Container port

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Allan Jackson

The Port and Shipping page in the Mercury today, August 27, 2008, has some interesting facts about the Port of Durban. We’re apparently no longer the busiest container port in Africa or in the southern hemisphere and slot in behind … Continue reading →

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Petulance

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Allan Jackson

In the last post, I mentioned the ongoing problem that many of our political supporters don’t seem to care if their chosen ones are honest or not. There is a prime example in today’s Mercury, of August 26, 2008, which … Continue reading →

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Simple, but a classic

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Allan Jackson

A bit less than two years ago I acquired a Nokia 6234 mobile phone and I pretty much hated it from the beginning, as I wrote in a column at the time. My opinion of it didn’t improve when the … Continue reading →

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Right-wing sabotage

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Allan Jackson

There was an article on the street renaming on the front page of the Sunday Tribune yesterday, August 24, 2008, which worries me. It seems that there has been some vandalism of the new street signs which have been going … Continue reading →

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On the buses, again

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Allan Jackson

The Mercury on Friday, August 22, 2008, carried a long article on the background to the city’s sale of it buses to Remant Alton and the recent decision to buy them back. Remant Alton claims that they got into trouble … Continue reading →

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SmartCity Experience

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Allan Jackson

I mentioned the imminent launch of Durban as a SmartCity here and Ethekwini Girl got in touch to say that she has a new blog on the subject here.

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Guest blogger: Niki Moore

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Allan Jackson

This piece was written by Durban freelancer Niki Moore back in June 2008. She mentions Moore Road being renamed as Che Guevara Road. I am reliably informed that the first new Che Guevara signs have just made their appearance. Allan … Continue reading →

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