MZANSI'S governing party, the Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, tore viciously into the SABC in one of its discussion documents the other day - and rightly so - saying the public broadcaster's "series of crises" reflected "a lack of leadership and poor management and accountability".

The discussion document, one of a number the party dished out ahead of its all-important June policy conference, also speaks about serious financial and organisational problems plaguing the corporation.

"Such a situation has prevailed because institutional structures for oversight have not been effective," charged the revolutionary party.

Well and good. It was high time someone spoke frankly about the sorry state of affairs at Dithering Heights.

But juxtapose this with what Willies Mchunu, the Ain't Seen Nothing Yet's pointsman in KwaZulu-Natal, said during a conference of its Ukhahlamba region about the chaotic state of the governing party today.

"There are regions in which comrades find it difficult to even speak to one another. This is a danger to the ANC... It seems it's now about material things... About what's in it for me. Yearning for power is now the order of the day," Mchunu said frankly.

It sounds like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Is there anyone out there who is brave enough to put together a discussion document on the state of health of Mzansi's revolutionary party today?

Pampering Sascoc

GULUVA heaved a big sigh of relief this week when the cash-strapped South African Sports Congress and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) secured a sponsorship estimated at R3-million, said to be biggest it has ever received since its inception eight years ago.

Guluva was beginning to have some doubts on whether the committee would have the capacity and wherewithal to put together a decent team to represent Mzansi at the London Olympics, that kicks off on Friday, July 27 - about four months from now.

All those worries are now gone.

It is worth noting that the company that came to Sascoc's and our rescue is none other than Procter & Gamble, an international company well-known for its wide range of consumer products, including the disposable nappies Pampers.

Given Mzansi's poor reputation on the international sporting stage, who is taking a gamble with this sponsorship here - Sascoc or Procter & Gamble?

It is, however, reassuring to see Procter & Gamble pampering Sascoc, if you like, as the committee prepares our athletes for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Sascoc must, however, not forget to stock up on Pampers when the team leaves for London in four months' time, just in case the ugly and smelly brown stuff hits the fan while they are there.

It's a dog's life

GULUVA could not believe it when he read in a newspaper earlier this week that a Mzansi multimillionaire, who has since died, was once involved in a protracted and bitter divorce battle with his "trophy" wife over the custody of Jack.

Jack, of course, happened to be a dog for which (no, for whom) the "trophy" wife was claiming R9000 a month maintenance from her then estranged husband.

Guluva could not help noticing that the figure that was being claimed for Jack's upkeep was more than four times what the Ain't Seen Nothing Yet government was giving old-age pensioners every month.

No wonder they call this a dog's life.

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