Shower crazy South African President Jacob Zuma has now been in office for 100 days. No one would have imagined we would be blogging about this man as a President two years ago. Pitted against the intellect Thabo Mbeki, all political fortunes seemed against the Zulu Boy who had not seen the insides of a classroom beyond the equivalent of Standard II. Yet, in a shocking turn of events, the man took to dancing in semi naked costumes, rubbished the efforts of Aids Activists by claiming he had taken a shower after sleeping with an HIV positive woman to wash out the disease and the South African masses were mesmerised.
Today, it remains to be seen whether this "Shower Boy" will wash out the poverty strewn across the South African plains, rinse the country of crime and corruption, and flood the ever present threat of colour divide. Some have already started crying foul, whilst others are calling for the man to be given time. Whatever the case, Jacob Zuma has showed such a spirited fight for the presidency that he should re-direct his efforts towards solving some of the problems be-develling South Africa. Of course, it will require much more than asking for a machine gun and dancing semi-naked in front of helpless women.
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Brilliant piece! I love the shower/washing analogies. Hard to believe that it has been 100 days already. Was even harder to believe Zuma would ever be president despite the large degree of inevitability surrounding that one. Maybe the world will be shocked that Mr. Zuma will be able to rise to the occasion and take on pressing SA issues such crime, poverty, inequities in wealth distribution, corruption and nagging land reform issues. Zuma could actually emerge as the right man for the job. Well.... I suppose pigs will also fly.
ReplyDelete@Abena, Indeed President Zuma is convinced that he can wash away his troubles, I expect no less for the tasks ahead of him as President.
ReplyDeleteAll it needs is to appoint qualified men into positions where they can work perfectly and not be afraid to fire. Hire and fire should be the name of the game. I hope he succeeds. I don't think high academic credentials is what is required to run an effective government, else Africa would be very far ahead. Ghana's present president is a professor. he has a PhD in Taxation and law. With respect to the AIDS issue he goofed. That's just plain ignorance.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I have decided that politics is generally for simpletons! (at least in Africa)You just have to repeat what your campaign manager tells you to say and you are through. Yay! No deep thinking, no planning, no foresight, no desire to make your country better required. A stupid game for stupid people! Ah, thanks for letting me vent on your blog.:-)
ReplyDeleteOh, after I put this comment up, I go to my blog only to read todays Bible verse: Colossians 4:6- Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.- I'm so embarrassed. But how else could I put it?;-)
ReplyDelete@NFA, Academic qualification does not always directly correspond to execution of tasks. Hiring and firing, should rather be done by the electorate, dont you think? After all, WE, the people, are the politicians employer!
ReplyDelete@Kwegyirba, you are always welcome to vent on this blog, if you so wish. After all, what we are all asking for is the right to express our feelings. Well, thats if you haven`t been toned down by Colossians 4:6...
ReplyDelete@Pen Powder: I agree but I meant within the time that he has to rule he should exercise boldness to hire and fire. The electorate also has the power to hire and fire at every election time. And we mustn't be afraid to change governments, though in South Africa I wonder where the change would lead us (to the whites?, definitely No). But I believe governments must be changed for the same reasons why they were voted for.
ReplyDelete@NFA, I agree.
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