An ex-netball president who hails from Tshiawelo in Soweto was driving her little girl to her friend's house for a play date.

An ex-netball president who hails from Tshiawelo in Soweto was driving her little girl to her friend's house for a play date.

"Mommy," the little girl asks, "how old are you?"

"Honey, you are not supposed to ask a lady her age," the mother replies.

"It's not polite."

"OK," the little girl says. "How much do you weigh?"

"Now really," the mother says, "those are personal questions and really none of your business."

Undaunted, the little girl asks, "Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?"

"That's enough, young lady, honestly!"

The exasperated mother walks away as the two friends begin to play.

"My mom won't tell me anything about herself," the little girl says to her friend.

"Well," says the friend, "all you need to do is look at her driver's licence. It is like a report card, it has everything on it."

Later that night the little girl says to her mother, "I know how old you are, you are 32." The mother is surprised. "How did you find that out?"

"I also know that you weigh 140 pounds."

The mother is past surprised and shocked now.

"How in heaven's name did you find that out?"

"And," the little girl says triumphantly, "I know why you and daddy got a divorce."

"Oh really?" the mother asks. "Why?"

"Because you got an F in sex."