Judge Ronnie Pillay is clearly not enamoured with Bhisho nor, for that matter, with East London.
The Pillay Commission report – dated June 1, 2007, but only tabled in the Legislature in Bhisho yesterday – contains this little comment on the area:
“As uneasy as the reader hereof might be caused to feel, the cold truth of the matter is that the geographical area where the Provincial Government essentially operates does not present any form of attraction to anybody who has an opportunity to work in another place.
“The big cities in the country in themselves present attractions, to those who can go there, and far outweighs anything the Bhisho/Zwelitsha and East London areas can offer. It is clearly not a difficult choice to make when presented with such options.
“Similarly, persons with expertise find nothing attractive to lure them out of an area when asked to give up that situation. By comparison, it is understandably difficult to give up the life in a city like Cape Town or Johannesburg to come and live in the Eastern Cape Government area for the same time and increment and where there is no comparable infrastructure at least for family life.”
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wow for once the man is correct.
Bhisho is the pits!
No wonder the system is fouled up.
Interesting the number of taverns in the govt precinct!
He should have nailed those MECs/HODs etc who swan around and then never wonder why systems never work in their departments.
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