Does the ANC also know how to unharness a lion?
So we have a new president and I already like him. Congratulations and good luck to Kgalema Motlanthe who will have his hands full.
Surprisingly the sky did not fall. In actual fact it’s business as usual here in my little spot in Cape Town. Grey clouds, forecasts of rain and I’m surfing the net as per normal. So everything’s alright with my world.
I have been listening to Capetalk over the web. Through all the pomp and ceremony I realised once again that we South Africans are a unique bunch.
We do things differently. We are so resilient. We are hilarious – in a good way.
The Freedom Front Plus Leader Pieter Mulder brought a bit of light relief to proceedings in parliament when he first disparaged the DA for their hypocrisy of putting up Joe Seremane as their candidate, when he was not elected leader of their party a while ago.
He then told the story of an Afrikaner settler who mistook a lion for a horse in the dark and then addressed Jacob Zuma with “Does the ANC also know how to unharness a lion should it be necessary?” The clear implication was that as soon as President Motlanthe gets comfortable in his presidential chair, will Zuma be able to unseat him?
We over react.
There is a lot we still have to learn about dealing with criticism. Just because I loathe parts of the ANC, like the Youth League and Zuma doesn’t mean I choose Mbeki and it doesn’t mean I’m committing treason!
Life will in all probability continue as usual – the political commentators will debate until the cows come home, I will have to find new topics to blog about and we’ll await cheaper broadband and World Cup 2010 with bated breathe.
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