Dear Mr Zuma
I don’t understand why people don’t leave you in peace; apart, that is, from the small matter of a couple of charges.
You cannot visit a bank without it becoming national news. I am surprised that we haven’t seen a headline proclaiming; ‘Zuma in bathroom visit’. Now you cannot even be ill in peace.
Those of a cynical, suspicious disposition question the timing of your bout of ill health. Since when did viruses, germs and other nasty little creatures respect our timetables? Even schoolchildren know that the nasty little buggers have no manners. I was often ill just before and during difficult school tests. Odd, I know, but I put it down to one of life’s great, insoluble mysteries. Not unlike the question of whether state capture was ‘just people talking to one another” or ‘just people doing things with one another’. (Please do not misinterpret the last).
There are so many little creatures queuing up to have a go at our immune systems that it’s surprising we’re not ill every day. I do have a friend who regularly uses up the 30 day sick leave allotment every 3 years. He has taken to golf, which seems to have a beneficial effect. Again, one of life’s mysteries.
Sir, I think it very responsible of you to avoid releasing germs and other doodads into packed courtrooms. The press would hammer you, if, for example, you had (God forbid) the Corona virus. I can see the malicious headlines: ‘Zuma wipes out courtroom’, “Last judgement” etc.
Sir, may I also recommend some doctors of my acquaintance who truly understand the human condition in all its complexity. They are quite ready to provide a medical certificate for conditions that your average, less experienced doctor may fail to identity. Their fees are slightly higher but one pays for expertise.They are the few and the brave who acknowledge that the memory lapses (or chasms) lately so prevalent among politicians and SOE employees may well be the result of atypical transient global amnesia.
Sir, I wish you a speedy or leisurely recovery, depending on your preference.
Yours in the struggle against small, troublesome organisms.
Richard
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