What an inconvenience!!! Firstly, the busses are striking illegally, which upsets me even more and secondly the taxis have commenced with another strike crippling public transport commuters.
My public transport preference is the Golden Arrow Bus service, so I usually buy a weekly clip card. This clip card has a date in which this clip card expires. Due to the busses illegally striking this morning I wasn’t able to use my clip card and have now lost out on a ride. This is an inconvenience as I had to pay to take a taxi – the only one that came in a time period of 35 minutes and was forced to sit on a crate just to ensure that I make it to work!
These strikes are disheartening as the City of Cape Town is trying to promote public transport to create a better traffic flow during peak times, but these strikes are just not helping. What happens when 2010 comes? Are we going to be sitting with the same problem? Public transport is going to play a major role in the success of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and I feel that we as South Africans should take more responsibility as this will influence and affect us all.
Besides being very frustrated I'm also disappointed at the fact that the law no longer instills fear in individuals and that people feel they have the right to illegally strike as well as strike using violence!!!
Friday, August 14, 2009
CPUT STUDENTS STRIKING
I firmly believe that every individual in South Africa has a right to strike, after all , we live in a country that strives for Democracy and Freedom of Speech.
This is not the first time CPUT students have striked for what they wanted, many a times I feel that what the students are striking for is ridiculous and unnecessary! Eg, striking for plasma screen TV’s, bursary’s – even though certain students failed.
The other problem I have with the student strikes happening at CPUT is the fact that it is not done in a mature and civilized manner. Most times, the education schedule is disrupted and students loose out on valuable learning time. I can only speak for myself and I feel that I’ve paid a lot of money to be at this tertiary institution so to have my class time cut short because of unruly students, I think is unfair and disrespectful. The time in class is lost which means more work when I get back to class and more pressure. I also feel that the violence that goes along with the strikes at CPUT is barbaric and should be dealt with in a serious manner as innocent students are being hurt as well as losing out on valuable class time.
Then my question is, “What is CPUT doing to control the situation”? This is not the first time CPUT students have resorted to violence and unruly behaviour during protests/strikes, what’s being done to students who break the law and disturb class times?
We pay a lot of money to be at CPUT and should not be at the mercy of unruly students who are not able to conduct themselves in a civilized manner!
This is not the first time CPUT students have striked for what they wanted, many a times I feel that what the students are striking for is ridiculous and unnecessary! Eg, striking for plasma screen TV’s, bursary’s – even though certain students failed.
The other problem I have with the student strikes happening at CPUT is the fact that it is not done in a mature and civilized manner. Most times, the education schedule is disrupted and students loose out on valuable learning time. I can only speak for myself and I feel that I’ve paid a lot of money to be at this tertiary institution so to have my class time cut short because of unruly students, I think is unfair and disrespectful. The time in class is lost which means more work when I get back to class and more pressure. I also feel that the violence that goes along with the strikes at CPUT is barbaric and should be dealt with in a serious manner as innocent students are being hurt as well as losing out on valuable class time.
Then my question is, “What is CPUT doing to control the situation”? This is not the first time CPUT students have resorted to violence and unruly behaviour during protests/strikes, what’s being done to students who break the law and disturb class times?
We pay a lot of money to be at CPUT and should not be at the mercy of unruly students who are not able to conduct themselves in a civilized manner!
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