GARETH VAN ONSELEN: Dlamini-Zuma’s interview and the art of verbal torture
Specifics are anathema to the vague language of meaninglessness the presidential hopeful speaks
ANC presidential candidate and the woman who has weaponised tedium, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, gave an "exclusive" interview to ANN7 on Thursday. For those not in the know, ANN7 is what happens when you merge one of those Japanese television game shows that revolve around a contestant getting a blow job while they sing, with a thesaurus. Dlamini-Zuma is what happens when you take a thesaurus and cut out all the words that might indicate you are actually alive. The result is an interview so painfully dreary to watch, you have to nail your eyelids open with a staple gun if you want to make to the end. The end being indistinguishable from the beginning. And the beginning resonating like a vat of superglue being poured into your cerebral cortex. But don’t take my word for it. Here it is. Crack open a cyanide capsule and give it a watch:Dlamini-Zuma doesn’t give interviews. Even when she gives interviews, she doesn’t give interviews. If she didn’t script this one herself, then the moon is m...
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