You Have to be F*******g Kidding!
Here we are, the official Durban 2010 website. Other towns adapted their original sites to take on 2010. Not Durbs my friend.
This bunch of pathological egotists and terminal twerps had to have a separate website such are the manifold virtues of this patch of real estate, to confirm for us all once more that they have completely lost touch with reality.
Go to www.fifaworldcup.durban.gov.za and luxuriate in it courtesy of AdaptIT. Take your time, soak up the ambience, the eloquence, artistic superlatives, technical brilliance. Spare no hyperbole in your assessment.
No? Doesn’t grab you? Anything special? No?
Well, there should be. This thing cost the ratepayers of Durban, currently weathering adverse economic conditions like the rest of the world a staggering R6.5 MILLION RANDS!
May I repeat that?
Thank you.
SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND RANDS!
Where the hell did that figure come from? What were they smoking when that was dreamt up? I have been in website design since 1996 and wouldn’t have the b****s to come up with a tenth of that - nay, a fiftieth.
Apparently, those in the know have estimated a max of R200,000 for this website and I wouldn’t disagree, in fact, it’s a little generous. But let’s be fair, they’re dealing with a massive bureaucracy here that’s known for wastage on a cosmic scale. Who will miss a little cash? No wonder the DA is raising the matter in Council.
Who are AdaptIT? Their website is exceedingly average. I can name 20 website design websites in Durban that are better. Who gave these people the tender? What were the other tenders? Were there any other tenders? Why did these people get the tender? Who is on the board of AdaptIT and are there connections with Ethekwini Municipality.
This municipality, under the manic hand of Mr. Michael Sutcliffe is a sick joke.