FOOD FOR THOUGHT: This is the way to stay sane
Never mind the ruling party and its president. We should just concentrate on that other, more joyful meaning of party, and keep the fun flag flying
Well, that’s something. After eight years in office and in power President Jacob Zuma has finally worked out that our people are poor, landless and jobless. Delivering his state of the nation speech last week, he gave us all a panacea for our society’s maladies. Yes, the cure for our problems is the implementation of “radical economic transformation”. Forget the National Development Plan or the Nine-Point Plan or whatever acronym is fashionable today. Radical economic transformation is under way and we can all smell nirvana just around the corner. Not.As was to be expected, Zuma’s speech got a few folk worried that he was veering towards populism. Don’t fret. He hasn’t achieved anything much in his nine years as ANC president so what makes you think he’ll do anything now, in his final year as party head? So, do not be despondent. Do not be morose. Do not be down at heart. Go out and party. Which is what my friend Frans Mojela and I did after Zuma’s speech. We’d been told Braamfontei...
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