This article was first published in June 2015 I AM on a roll. Last week I enjoyed the extremely fabulous Bistro Michel in Johannesburg. Then, before you could say "things are looking up for Malala", I was in Cape Town and made it into The Test Kitchen. You don’t get the full import of that statement until you realise that waiting times for a table at The Test Kitchen can be as long as six months. The place has been rushing up the international charts of best restaurants and is now regarded as Africa’s top restaurant. This week it was rated 28th in the world. So, as you can see, I had every right to feel like things were looking up for Mrs Malala’s little ’un. Unfortunately one cannot say the same for the country, despite President Jacob Zuma’s standing up in parliament and telling us that we are doing well and we have a good story to tell. Bah! Maybe if we tell our story to the birds. I am not being nasty or anything, but the Zuma administration really needs to get a wake-up call....
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