This article was first published by Daily Friend on 8 February 2024 The municipal and provincial governments of Cape Town and the Western Cape, and the
Imagine a well-equipped, competent, and capital flush global company running our shipping.
Bringing in the private sector would also bring greater efficiency. Private parties have to make a profit. They cannot rely on gaining political control over taxes to make up for bad management at a company.
Across the board, privatisation will mean lower government spending, which will allow for a more responsible budget that can either redirect funds to more important projects (like policing) or ease the burden on the taxpayer.
Martin van Staden was featured in the Cape Argus expressing the FMF’s preference for the Port of Cape Town to be privatised or handed to municipal or provincial government.
Rather than putting the responsibility of road maintenance under the local government, assign an area to a company that has won a fair and transparent tender.
