I DON‘T think expats should have the right to vote (“Election delay fears after ruling on voters abroad”, The Herald, February 10). They left South Africa to live elsewhere with no intentions of returning to this country and getting paid for working for companies overseas that have nothing to do with South Africa....more

IT is terrible what our municipality/government is doing to us. I thought that because we are being ruled by black people it is going to be better because they will maybe understand the struggle the black people have suffered much better, but it is quite the opposite....more

AS an academic, holding an MA from Cambridge University, I devoted my working life to discovering and teaching the truth. That is why I am so dismayed by Dawood Davids‘s letter (“Zionism has turned Jews into nation of soldiers from nation of priests”, The Herald, February 2) with its distortions of facts and grave misunderstandings....more

THE Democratic Alliance (DA) launched its campaign in East London on February 4 in the Orient Theatre with the presence of its national leader, Helen Zille. As far as I know the SABC was invited and they agreed to come to cover it, but to my surprise and that of many people, there was nothing on TV and radio about the event....more

GOVERNMENT is not alarmed about the people, especially from the townships, who are mostly affected by this taxi strike....more

SIMPLE question: If the Sydenham Primary child had been from a previously disadvantaged community would the same situation have arisen (“Girl ‘failed‘ over fine for late projects”, The Herald, February4)? One wonders!...more

I RECENTLY travelled on the Translux bus from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town. The bus only left at 7.30am instead of 7am – no explanation or apology was given....more

IT was not entirely unexpected to read that youths were involved in violent activities related to the ongoing taxi strike in the Bay (“Police, rioters clash as strike turns ugly”, The Herald, February 11)....more

TAXI STRIKE AGAINST BRT PLAN – WHO the hell is this Hani 2 upset our town. He is ruining our city and is time 2 stop him now....more