{"id":3433,"date":"2011-07-30T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T09:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/the-kindergarten-throws-it-toys-%e2%80%93-again\/"},"modified":"2011-07-30T11:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T09:27:15","slug":"the-kindergarten-throws-it-toys-%e2%80%93-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-kindergarten-throws-it-toys-%e2%80%93-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kindergarten Throws it Toys \u2013 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

What would a council meeting be without a little bit of posturing, lip pouting, foot stamping and downright childish behaviour? Efficient and focused on service delivery would be my answer. But, it would appear that Government\u2019s little foot soldiers have an over extended view of their position and reason for being that they think needs to be supplemented with a sprinkling of petulance.<\/p>\n

See the image a little bit further down of the UDM\u2019s Councillor Bobani being escorted out of the Council Chamber by a couple of heavyweight security personnel.<\/p>\n

Okay, talking about security personnel I have to note that for the first time ever, media were issued with accreditation before being allowed to enter the council chamber \u2013 does this mean that further down the line that certain media will not \u2018qualify\u2019 for accreditation? Just thinking out aloud here!<\/p>\n

There was also a heavy, more visible presence of security before entering the Council Chambers \u2013 come on councillors if you are aware of a security threat against yourselves it would be nice to know in advance so that I can at least slip the old flak jacket on in the morning and colour co-ordinate it with my other attire!<\/p>\n

I did feel decidedly under dressed in Council, though, as the councillors were all decked out in smart colonial attire \u2013 suits for the men and a sprinkling of designer dresses for the women. Sheesh kebab guys \u2013 some traditional dress is, I presume, acceptable. To my mind, traditional dress would be quite an exciting option shaming the more portly into feeding less at the ratepayer trough and highlighting the more comely as their heaving breasts shake with indignation at having to rubber stamp the shuffling of R565 000.00 to a \u2018small business\u2019 that took nearly a year to submit an invoice (there were others totaling more a million rand!) as it was a \u201csmall business with limited capacity\u201d. Sheesh kebab \u2013 if you or I had rendered quality work to the amount of R565 00.00 we would have been knocking on doors immediately after the completion of our project.<\/p>\n

Or is it just another case of the supply chain being ignored, promises being made to a comrade and now the time has come to pay the piper and we need to raid another department that is not actually using their budget as it is too much of an effort to actually spend money on service delivery?<\/p>\n

As my dear old sainted Grandmother used to say; \u201cYou can put a baby in a suit but, at the end of the day, it still craps in it\u2019s pants<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n

There were whining babies aplenty at Council: Around 10 minutes after Councillor Mongameli Bobani made his remarks questioning the Deputy Mayor\u2019s ability to write a speech, the penny dropped and Councillor Chippa Ngcolomba took offence on behalf of the Deputy Mayor requesting an apology. Now if Chippa had been in traditional attire he could have made a fine spectacle rattling his spear and fighting sticks with tassels and tails a-flying. Enough to intimidate any old UDM foe into a whimpering apology, Chippa old boy. Have you noticed just how restricting Armani can be?<\/p>\n

Of course, in the absence of fighting sticks, one has to fall back on words and the back and forth between Speaker Maria Hermans insisting on an apology or eviction from Council and Bobani refusing was becoming a tad embarrassing until Hermans instructed the security personnel to remove Bobani from the Chamber. Four heavyweights did their duty as some Councillors hurriedly consulted their books of rules for a refresher and others pretended that they did not know this pupil being chased out of the class by the principal.<\/p>\n

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UDM Councillor Mongameli Bobani (in cream jacket) is escorted out of Council Chambers<\/p>\n

So what did we learn on Council Thursday, boys and girls?<\/strong><\/p>\n