MADAM Godzille has done it again

Just when we thought she had learnt her lesson after being given a hard time for appointing a male-only provincial cabinet in Western Cape following the 2009 general elections, she comes out with guns blazing, telling the whole of Mzansi in not so many words to go burn in hell.

Instead of reconfiguring her cabinet to at least begin to reflect the demographics of the country or the province following the departure of her partner in crime, Patricia de Lille, to assume her new role as mayor of Cape Town, Madame Godzille continues to show us the middle finger by, once again, appointing a men-only cabinet.

In its scathing response, Ain't Seen Nothing Yet described the move as, and understandably so, "the highest form of chauvinism".

Said irate Ain't Seen Nothing Yet's provincial secretary Songezo Mjongile: "Zille has shown to have no confidence of any woman (his own words) to be appointed in her cabinet. Women in Western Cape continue to be excluded from opportunity and decision-making on the basis of race, class and gender."

Guluva could not have articulated it better himself.

But Guluva also happens to know that Mjongile's party has an exclusive boys' club of its own: all the executive mayors of the five major metros under its control - Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Mandela Bay and eThekwini - are black men.

What's this thing about the pot calling the kettle black again?

Show us the money

GULUVA has been told that Ain't Seen Nothing Yet will hold an important summit next month to deliberate on the funding of local government and also explore ways and means to boost the coffers of financially ailing municipalities.

According to Oom Gwede, Ain't Seen Nothing Yet's general-secretary, the need for a funding review of municipalities came up "as a very important point" during the party's meeting of the national executive committee in Jozi at the weekend.

"It was accepted that the assumption that municipalities must raise 95 percent of their funding revenue from local rates and taxes is only applicable to a few - those with a sound revenue base," Oom Gwede was quoted as saying.

This is well and good, Guluva reckons.

It's a pity, though, that it is only now - after the local government elections on May 18 - that Oom Gwede and his comrades are talking about going to sit down and discuss where they will find the money to fund service delivery at the 198 municipalities the party won outright during the polls.

Guluva had all along, specifically in the run-up to the municipal polls, thought Mzansi's ruling party had a plan, the means and money to deliver on its promises.

Gospel truth

Ndaweni Mahlangu is back! And it's no lie.

The man who once, when he was serving as premier of Mpumalanga, said it was acceptable for politicians to lie, has been elected by Ain't Seen Nothing Yet branches to lead the Thembisile Hani municipality in the Ekangala district as mayor.

Guluva understands this to be the truth and nothing else but the truth.

But he feels sorry for the residents of the area since there will be no way of knowing whether he will be lying or telling the truth whenever he addresses them about service delivery or other bread-and-butter issues in future.

Email: thatha.guluva@gmail.com