Six Mil, Down The Crapper

Since all the posts lately have been all about Death, the Pope, and the meaning of life in general I decided it was time for a bit of some what disturbing comic relief.

Ever wandered where all your tax Rands are going? To mend the Grand Canyon potholes in the roads maybe? Or maybe, to build some old lady a nice comfy home? Nope, it would seem that it’s all being flushed down the local outdoor lavatory in more ways then you might expect.

People where stunned a few months back, when the Rapport, in a surprising spurt of journalistic flare, revealed that from the six million Rand given to a black economic empowerment company at the being of democracy in 1994, to build outdoor lavatories for the townships, only five loos had been built to completion, or close to it at the time the article was written.

Is it just me or are these the world's most expensive crappers? Nearly a million spend for each one. Well not really, the five loos actually didn’t cost them nearly as much, as you might have guessed. So what happend to the rest of the cash? The company declined to comment only hinting that the rest of the cash was still somewhere floating around. That somewhere being, if you ask me, their own Swiss bank accounts.

The big question of course was, what was our beloved government going to do about it? They only shook their heads, told the press that they would set up a committee to look into it and then discuss it till the end of time.

The people in the townships aren’t complaining though, it is not everyone that get to take a piss on a cool six million.