WrG Barracks Saloon
/me Downs a beer
clears throat
What would you do with Gautrain's R13bn?
To put the cost of the new Gautrain development into perspective, Singh
and Associates Strategic Solutions has come up with a few suggestions on
what could be done with the R13bn extra the development will now cost
(as opposed to the initially expected R7bn).
*Instead of a train you could buy some top of the range S-class Mercedes
Benz and park them nose to tail to form a " train" that would be long
enough to go around the world.
*Since most South Africans use minibus taxis instead of S-Class Mercedes
Benz, you could run a fleet of taxis, free of charge to commuters, from
Johannesburg to Pretoria with a taxi leaving each town every two
minutes, maintain them at the AA rate of R2.50 per km, replace all the
taxis every month and you would only run out of money after 50 years.
*You could add 44 more lanes to the M1 highway.
*If you prefer to walk, a good bricklayer, if he made little brick tiles
using stacks of 30 R100 notes, could lay a blue paved walkway, 1m wide
from Johannesburg to Pretoria. We would have R400 000 left over to pay
the bricklayer for his work, which should only take half as long to
finish as the Gautrain.
*Or if you want smart people to figure this out you could pay for a
university degree for every single 19 year old Gauteng resident and ask
them what to do with the money.
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks