Mrs Gigaba may be first lady, so stop your sniggering
'The likelihood of her being a first lady one day isn’t as far-fetched as some think — her husband’s career has the look of one of a man who has long been groomed for loftier roles'
There was a moment during Norma Gigaba’s interview with eNCA’s Ayanda-Allie Paine last weekend when, as the interviewer observed, the former sounded like a “first lady in waiting”. Of course she was coy when teased about such a prospect, only offering a giggly: “If it [a Gigaba presidency] comes, it comes. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. We will see and we will respond.” Gigaba waxed lyrical about her love for “people, especially children” and about the charitable causes she champions. But some of her eye-popping comments during the interview, including her love for reading quotes (as opposed to books, for instance), helping resuscitate the Home Affairs Department’s IT systems, and her husband’s alleged mistress, made for much mirth on social media, and saw Mrs Gigaba retaliate by going on a Twitter-blocking spree. But the likelihood of her being a first lady one day isn’t as far-fetched as some think — her husband’s career has the look of one of a man who has long been groomed for lofti...
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