Slow Learners

 "Tune in for a saga of lies, scandals and corruption", urged the TV voice. 

I dutifully tuned into the news. It was an advertisement for a soapie, instead. Well, they're going to have to up their game to compete with South African news broadcasts.

I vaguely recall ANC claims that 85% of households have been  electrified. Questions about the sources of statistics aside, I suppose it's an achievement over 27 years. What I do know is that the ANC has kept 100% of households electrified  with their shenanigans.  Comedy, family feuds, pillaging, crime, bizarre utterances and more, kept us transfixed. 

Cliches and acronyms  have flown thick and fast - RET , WMC, BBEE, BEE, Integrity,  revolutionary, our people decent jobs etc. Fortunately, most have proven to be

 meaningless, so please don't weary yourself deciphering them. 

By the by, perhaps I'm being cranky, but can we not set up a presidential press briefing where one can actually hear the questions being asked? It's in the little things, said Aristotle.

The president reassured us that the ANC is now learning from a past they are not proud of. I've heard of slow learners, but 27 years.... Still, Mr President, I'm sure that your party will muddle through. It's possible that there are some slow learners among the voters, too.

In other news, a city official bemoaned the poor work of housing contractors in a residential area.

"If a contractor builds shoddy houses", he said. "He should not be given another opportunity".

Ja, well, I don't know.

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