[In this country, the blacks look for the lamest of excuses to strike. At times it is so ridiculous. The Trade Unions in this country serve absolutely no purpose, but from time to time they think up the most ridiculous of reasons to engage in a strike.

The lazy, greedy blacks of course are only too happy to strike for whatever reason whenever the excuse presents itself – anything so as to get out of work.

So today we have a bus drivers strike in Johannesburg. I have mixed feelings about this. In some ways, I will be glad to not have to watch the double-decker buses who these days are starting to drive as badly as the mini-bus taxis. I never used to FEAR double-decker buses, but some days, I actually worry. They do not drive the way they used to. Clearly, standards are going down.

So in some ways I will be glad not to see them on the roads for a few days. But it may create other chaos.

The trade union has exceeded itself in lameness and stupidity by calling for a strike over… wait for this… “accumulated sick leave”. Sick leave, for as long as I can remember in any industry, wasn’t a right. It was a humanitarian thing which you got if you were ill. If you did not take your sick leave, your lost it. Obviously there is a degree to which sick leave is abused by all – but its a minor abuse and everybody lives with it.

But now the trade union wants sick leave, going as far back as 15 years to be PAID OUT! I’ve never heard of such a thing. Anyhow, that is the completely stupid reason why Johannesburg is going to be without busses and bus drivers today.

Personally, I think striking should be illegal. If you don’t like the work, get out, but don’t go inconveniencing and DOING DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY just because you’re an idiot.

One could say that S.Africa is a country of idiots, run by idiots for the benefit of only idiots. Sanity has no place here! Jan]