The DA and the EFF: A blind date, a shotgun marriage and then divorce
Honeymoons are often more fraught than the participants would like. Particularly if the newlyweds are near strangers. Passion, certainly, but also loud chewing and neglected underwear on the floor. Long courtships are generally a good insurance against the spectre of nasty spats and worse.The EFF and the DA, with nary a blind date behind them, have had a shotgun marriage followed by some explosively good sex over the last few days. Orgasms and batted eyelids and cuddles galore and optimism about the future. ‘Thank you very much for what you have done for this country,’ said Herman Mashaba to Floyd Shivambu and colleagues, moist-eyed. It should be hilarious, or at best, tinged with satire and irony. But this is politics. What you say yesterday may have little bearing on what you say today. And during a honeymoon, one should best try to be affectionate, even if second thoughts prickle.So, how soon will this charade be over? Well, I took myself to a nifty little website from the non-...
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