A recent article by Groundup – ‘The traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years‘ was the inspiration for the following:
Give me your unlicensed, your unroadworthy
Your condemned taxis yearning to pollute
The wretched old skedonks
Send the lawless drivers to me
I welcome them to traffic officer free
Give me your speeders, your illegal parkers
Your huddled guardtjie yearning to drive
Ngcobo is their new haven of lawlessness
The Original Poem on the Staute of Liberty Reads
Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore
Send these the homeless tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
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Alan Straton
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth.
Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
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