The roads to Polly Shorts business area was closed today till 11h30 by our very brilliant Council for a fun run, thus preventing Employers and workers alike to reach their place of work. No notice were given to employers about the road closure. This in times of businesses running out of options to survive the economic climate and the record unemployment rate.
When I phoned the Traffic Department they were blisfully unaware that the roads were closed, but after 5 minutes of phoning around they managed to established that somebody allow a fun run to take place and preventing businesses in the Polly Shorts area to trade.
We had previously complained to the very same traffic Department for its indiscriminate closure of roads and were promised it is a serious matter which should be investigated. Well, what did they investigate? Did they all unanimously decided they don't need our business in pietermaritzburg and they would make business operation for small business as difficult as possible and thereby send more small business out of business.
This coucil is proof that the living dead is employed by it but complaining to the Municipal Manager or the Mayor is like flogging a dead horse. They are just interested in the millions they rake in for themselves every year and a attitude of f...the ratepayers and business (unless offcourse it appears, if you are prepared to do a bit on the side in their favour).
Anyone who choose to have a fun run before considering businesses and their current situation must be stark raving mad.
9 years ago
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It is quite frightening that a council can be so irresponsible. The coucil should require evryone planning a fun run to put up signs of road closures but above all these road closures should not affect small business or any other business negatively. The fact that the traffic police were unaware of this fun run is shocking, to say the least. We as ratepayers require from council to conduct its business in an orderly fashion and not in a haphazard way as it is doing currently.
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