Transformation

One of my generally-shy readers has taken exception to my comment on the fact that recent plans to expand our fuels infrastructure are remarkably light on financing details, and some seem to be spending an awefully lot of money on planning, pre-planning and pre-pre-planning. Spigot is anti transformation, he says. Spigot is white, he notes. QED. Well, is he? Blogs are colour blind unless my skill with words indicates otherwise. So, one who can spell ( sometimes) is ipso facto white? Now, that is a racist thought. Do I object to what I see as a wast of money? Oh, yes. Especially if the wastee is a parastatal organisation using taxpayers' money. Do I object to fake overseas training programmes for previously disadvantaged people -- programmes clearly offered as a sweetener to secure megabuck deals? Yes, sir. I would much rather see people properly trained right here. South Africa is not a colony, grateful for the help of its previous old or new wannabee,masters. A corporation in Houston is no better and no worse than a corporation operating right here. The fact that it is in Houston doesn't make it better. To think so is genuinely colonial-- as is an obsession with colour.