Get rich, build a pipeline

WITH the economy having to import more and more fuel; with getting it to Gauteng where it is most needed a national priority; with pipeline, road and rail tanker capacity stretched to their limits; you would think that the best thing to do was to let those who have the experience, know-how, track record and skills (ie Petronet) simply get on with it. Ah, but that sounds like common sense. Too much to hope for. Instead we now have yet another bunch of amateurs hoping to climb on the band waggon. It goes under the hilarious name of IPayipi. Needless to say it is an "empowerment " group, a term now synonymous with" entitlement". Business Day, which reports the emergence of this group, fails to say who they are but there are no prizes for guessing that they will be the "usual suspects". Mind you, there could be an interesting battle between IPayipi and the Woesa consortium, which is made up of women who feel their gender entitles them to a share in the oil industry. It would be amusing if it wasn't so tragic. 2010 is just around the corner chaps. It won't look good if the fans cannot get around to see their favourite matches.