The city has made a mess of firefighters' salaries because of the restructuring process, which is taking far too long.

It's quite some spare part. We're delighted to be able to get this. It has been a small miracle.

If they were unanimous in their rejection we would close the door.

This is obviously a complex problem and we are taking advice from senior legal counsel.

The memorandum sets out all the DA's grievances and proposes a series of action steps which the DA believes the SABC should take -- including broadcasting the DA's manifesto launch live -- if it is serious about providing balanced and fair coverage of this and future elections.

The blame for the current state of the fire services must fall squarely on the mayor.