JOKE of the year: Who is currently leading the UN Commission on Sustainable Economic Development? The country that cannot sustain itself, with inflation at about 2 200 per cent annually, the highest in the world. It‘s none but Zimbabwe (“Row over UN position for failed Zim farmer”, The Herald, May 14)....more

THE Herald of Friday, May 11‘s front page lead sets out in great detail the background to the court case involving fraud charges against Beza Ntshona, previously human resources and corporate administration committee chairman of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (“Official blocked cheap quotes”). Ntshona is now holding the position of chief of staff in the municipality....more

I WISH Telkom would stop publishing their glossy adverts about their DSL internet service. The bottom line for people living here in Storms River Village is that we don‘t have it and we are tired of the continuing delays in having it installed....more

IT is wonderful to know that in this day and age there are still honest people out there! I would like to thank the person who found my sunglasses in Edgars, Greenacres, and handed them in at the luggage counter....more

PRECISELY 100 years ago this week – May 14, 1907 – the people who came to be known as AmaMfengu (remnants of people from dislocated chiefdoms beyond iThukela River) began to celebrate their covenant made on May 14, 1835, in the presence of their missionary mentor, John Ayliff....more

IN the Eastern Cape, the citizens who voted the ANC to power have long been betrayed. The empowered minority that is raising a spurious third term for Thabo Mbeki is contemplating the reality of a post-Mbeki regime....more

THE Herald published my letter regarding an advertisement on TV, which was in really bad taste (“Degrading advert featuring dummies”, April 17)....more

I CAN identify with the writer of “Corteges unnecessarily disrupt Walmer traffic” (The Herald May 7). The habit of cars and busloads of mourners going to the cemetery can be traced to the period of unrest in the ‘70s and ‘80s....more

AS anyone would probably be required to do, after I had a bereavement in my family, I had to visit the Port Elizabeth Master‘s Office to obtain executorship letters....more

“IF you want the job done, give it to a woman,” commented a cyberspace user on a news website after Helen Zille was announced as new DA leader (“Landslide victory for Zille in race to lead DA”, The Herald, May 7)....more