THE Woodwork Boy, aka Juju, might have been overwhelmingly returned to his favourite seat at the top of the table of Ain't Seen Nothing Yet's kindergarten, but does he command the same degree of support in the rest of society?
Maybe the answer lies in a conversation that Guluva listened to on a packed Rea Vaya bus on his way to work the other day - just a couple of days after the conclusion of the kindergarten's elective jamboree at Gallagher Estate, Midrand.
This is how the conversation went:
Passenger A: Chomee, have you heard about the findings of the latest research into the effects of cellphones on people's health?
Passenger B: No, skattie, I haven't. Tell me about it.
Passenger A: According to the findings, spending too much time on the cellphone causes brain cancer.
Passenger B: Serious, skattie? That's very, very scary. But does Julius Malema know about this?
Passenger A: I don't think he does because he is always busy talking about nationalisation this and nationalisation that. If not, you will see him talking on the phone about land misappropriation without comprehension and changing the prostitution. No, I don't think he does!
Passenger C (roars from the back of the bus): I think all of us - I mean all of us in South Africa - must phone Julius as a matter of urgency and warn him about this. He really needs to know.
The rest of the passengers (almost in unison): We agree!
So, do the people of Mzansi love or loathe Juju? You be the judge.
Meet DA, the man
MANY people don't know that Danny Jordaan, the South African Football Association vice-president who served as chief executive officer of the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup Local Organising Committee, has a struggle and political background.
This accomplished football administrator was an active member of militant anti-apartheid organisation United Democratic Front in the 1980s, became chairman of a Port Elizabeth branch of the Ain't Seen Nothing Yet in 1993 after the organisation was unbanned and served as an MP for four years in Tata Nelson Mandela's government in the mid-1990s.
In formal circles, Daniel Alexander Jordaan - his full names - is respectfully addressed as Mister DA Jordaan. But he doesn't like it one bit.
No prizes for guessing why Daniel Alexander hates the initials DA with a passion.
Out of Africa
OUR Kumi Naidoo is a daring fellow. He started dabbling in extra-parliamentary politics at the age of 15, getting himself arrested by security police several times.
In the early years of our democracy he tried his hand at political commentating, but soon got bored and left to become a human rights activist instead.
That bored him, too. He joined environmental group Greenpeace as an environmental activist, which is really not an interesting job for the restless Kumi.
And what does our Kumi do to kill the boredom? He goes to Greenland to climb an oil rig that everyone knows is out of bounds.
The Greenlanders - at least that's what Guluva thinks people of Greenland are called - are not impressed to see someone coming all the way from Africa to perform monkey tricks on their oil rig. So they deport him and he will come back to where he belongs - Africa.
Welcome home, Kumi. As you know, we have so many trees here that you can climb as much as you like.
E-mail Guluva on thatha.guluva@gmail.com
Juju, the darling of Mzansi?
THE Woodwork Boy, aka Juju, might have been overwhelmingly returned to his favourite seat at the top of the table of Ain't Seen Nothing Yet's kindergarten, but does he command the same degree of support in the rest of society?
Maybe the answer lies in a conversation that Guluva listened to on a packed Rea Vaya bus on his way to work the other day - just a couple of days after the conclusion of the kindergarten's elective jamboree at Gallagher Estate, Midrand.
This is how the conversation went:
Passenger A: Chomee, have you heard about the findings of the latest research into the effects of cellphones on people's health?
Passenger B: No, skattie, I haven't. Tell me about it.
Passenger A: According to the findings, spending too much time on the cellphone causes brain cancer.
Passenger B: Serious, skattie? That's very, very scary. But does Julius Malema know about this?
Passenger A: I don't think he does because he is always busy talking about nationalisation this and nationalisation that. If not, you will see him talking on the phone about land misappropriation without comprehension and changing the prostitution. No, I don't think he does!
Passenger C (roars from the back of the bus): I think all of us - I mean all of us in South Africa - must phone Julius as a matter of urgency and warn him about this. He really needs to know.
The rest of the passengers (almost in unison): We agree!
So, do the people of Mzansi love or loathe Juju? You be the judge.
Meet DA, the man
MANY people don't know that Danny Jordaan, the South African Football Association vice-president who served as chief executive officer of the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup Local Organising Committee, has a struggle and political background.
This accomplished football administrator was an active member of militant anti-apartheid organisation United Democratic Front in the 1980s, became chairman of a Port Elizabeth branch of the Ain't Seen Nothing Yet in 1993 after the organisation was unbanned and served as an MP for four years in Tata Nelson Mandela's government in the mid-1990s.
In formal circles, Daniel Alexander Jordaan - his full names - is respectfully addressed as Mister DA Jordaan. But he doesn't like it one bit.
No prizes for guessing why Daniel Alexander hates the initials DA with a passion.
Out of Africa
OUR Kumi Naidoo is a daring fellow. He started dabbling in extra-parliamentary politics at the age of 15, getting himself arrested by security police several times.
In the early years of our democracy he tried his hand at political commentating, but soon got bored and left to become a human rights activist instead.
That bored him, too. He joined environmental group Greenpeace as an environmental activist, which is really not an interesting job for the restless Kumi.
And what does our Kumi do to kill the boredom? He goes to Greenland to climb an oil rig that everyone knows is out of bounds.
The Greenlanders - at least that's what Guluva thinks people of Greenland are called - are not impressed to see someone coming all the way from Africa to perform monkey tricks on their oil rig. So they deport him and he will come back to where he belongs - Africa.
Welcome home, Kumi. As you know, we have so many trees here that you can climb as much as you like.
E-mail Guluva on thatha.guluva@gmail.com
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