SO THE good ol' chief, the one and only Mangosuthu Buthelezi, is finally seriously thinking of stepping down as president of the Inkatha Freedom Party
He founded the organisation as a cultural movement in 1975, curiously under the colours of the then popular but outlawed Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.
Some will say they are not surprised by the move, especially in the light of his advanced age and in the wake of the excruciating and embarrassing beating his party suffered at the hands of its offshoot - Zanele Magwaza-Msibi's New Freedom Party - in the May 18 local government elections in KwaZulu-Natal especially.
Over the two past decades or so the octogenarian has cunningly sidestepped moves to step aside for new blood to take over, saying every time that the IFP's national council - meaning himself - insisted on his staying a little longer.
This time around, however, the 83-year-old chief has candidly told a reporter ahead of the party's October 23 elective conference that he honestly feels it is time for him to retire.
"Truly speaking, my gut feeling is that I need to rest," he said.
Guluva agrees it is about time the chief calls it a day, but the rascal is sceptical that the chief will carry out his threat. Delegates at that elective conference in October will have to slam the door firmly shut if they really want to see the chief's back for good because "uMntwana ka Phindangene", as the chief is known, has the propensity to live up to his name, which means "the prince who always returns".
In search of a killer
Mzansi's Super Cowboy, police commissioner General Bheki Cele, last week paid a rare and surprise visit to the Bafana Bafana camp in Rustenburg ahead of the national soccer team's crucial African Cup of Nations match against the Pharaohs in Cairo this Saturday.
Guluva was surprised because such visits are usually the preserve of the sitting Mzansi president, in this case the Machine Gun Man.
But there was the Super Cowboy, with Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros in tow, mingling with players under the pretext of being there to wish them well. But Guluva has it on good authority that the Super Cowboy had popped in at the camp after hearing there was a killer lurking among the players, always at the ready to shoot to kill.
With so many killings taking place at the moment it was only natural for the police commissioner to act the way he did.
Kudos to him!
The problem in this case, though, was that the killer the Super Cowboy had in his sights was none other than Katlego "Killer" Mphela, a player whose only "crime" is to shoot the ball into the back of the net every time he takes the field.
Readathon finally over
Guluva is pleased to hear that the country's longest reading session, by our beloved Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, is finally over.
After finishing reading public protector Thuli Madonsela's 92-page report on the South African Police Service's controversial R500million property deal in "record time" - at one page a day - the minister was last week seen chewing the fat with the report's author at a meeting that can itself be described as a marathon. Though it started at 2pm the two women were still at it at 6pm.
Guluva cannot wait for the minister's report-back.
E-mail Guluva on thatha.guluva@gmail.com.
Zulu chief is going nowhere
SO THE good ol' chief, the one and only Mangosuthu Buthelezi, is finally seriously thinking of stepping down as president of the Inkatha Freedom Party
He founded the organisation as a cultural movement in 1975, curiously under the colours of the then popular but outlawed Ain't Seen Nothing Yet.
Some will say they are not surprised by the move, especially in the light of his advanced age and in the wake of the excruciating and embarrassing beating his party suffered at the hands of its offshoot - Zanele Magwaza-Msibi's New Freedom Party - in the May 18 local government elections in KwaZulu-Natal especially.
Over the two past decades or so the octogenarian has cunningly sidestepped moves to step aside for new blood to take over, saying every time that the IFP's national council - meaning himself - insisted on his staying a little longer.
This time around, however, the 83-year-old chief has candidly told a reporter ahead of the party's October 23 elective conference that he honestly feels it is time for him to retire.
"Truly speaking, my gut feeling is that I need to rest," he said.
Guluva agrees it is about time the chief calls it a day, but the rascal is sceptical that the chief will carry out his threat. Delegates at that elective conference in October will have to slam the door firmly shut if they really want to see the chief's back for good because "uMntwana ka Phindangene", as the chief is known, has the propensity to live up to his name, which means "the prince who always returns".
In search of a killer
Mzansi's Super Cowboy, police commissioner General Bheki Cele, last week paid a rare and surprise visit to the Bafana Bafana camp in Rustenburg ahead of the national soccer team's crucial African Cup of Nations match against the Pharaohs in Cairo this Saturday.
Guluva was surprised because such visits are usually the preserve of the sitting Mzansi president, in this case the Machine Gun Man.
But there was the Super Cowboy, with Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros in tow, mingling with players under the pretext of being there to wish them well. But Guluva has it on good authority that the Super Cowboy had popped in at the camp after hearing there was a killer lurking among the players, always at the ready to shoot to kill.
With so many killings taking place at the moment it was only natural for the police commissioner to act the way he did.
Kudos to him!
The problem in this case, though, was that the killer the Super Cowboy had in his sights was none other than Katlego "Killer" Mphela, a player whose only "crime" is to shoot the ball into the back of the net every time he takes the field.
Readathon finally over
Guluva is pleased to hear that the country's longest reading session, by our beloved Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde, is finally over.
After finishing reading public protector Thuli Madonsela's 92-page report on the South African Police Service's controversial R500million property deal in "record time" - at one page a day - the minister was last week seen chewing the fat with the report's author at a meeting that can itself be described as a marathon. Though it started at 2pm the two women were still at it at 6pm.
Guluva cannot wait for the minister's report-back.
E-mail Guluva on thatha.guluva@gmail.com.
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