VERA was excited to read in her favourite newspaper the other day that civil servants who obtain degrees stand to be paid lump sum amounts of up to R21000.
INCENTIVE BONUS
VERA was excited to read in her favourite newspaper the other day that civil servants who obtain degrees stand to be paid lump sum amounts of up to R21000.
For the first time, it will be worthwhile to be a clever black working for government.
Vera's excitement stems from the fact that Number One and Hlaudi Motsoeneng now have a very good reason to get their matric certificates and enrol for degrees.
The two might even decide to bend the rules, as they usually do, to make sure that by the time they graduate, when Jesus comes, graduates are paid millions of rands in a lump sum. You see, those two know how to throw a javelin.
Motsoeneng could make the SABC part of the public service so that his chairwoman Zandile Tshabalala - who dreamt of having a degree from Unisa - will benefit from this incentive.
Even Pallo Jordan, who sulked out of politics after years of lying about university degrees, including a PhD, might want to consider a job in the public sector as some kind of post-retirement hobby.
Now that he is unemployed, he could even argue for the lump sum to be increased.
The only downside about which Vera would like to caution is the likely increase in the rate of bribery.
Watch out for the rising incidents of sex-for-marks scandals involving civil servants at universities. The sex pest lecturers like Tshepo wa Mamatu, who this week offered a rather lame apology, must be salivating.
WHERE IS PALLO?
Where did Jordan go after he disappeared from the public limelight? Vera is offering her services to write an authorised biography of him titled The Faustian Bargain: The Life and Times of Z. Pallo Jordan.
TREASURE OF RICHES
It's amazing how with all the mysteries around him - spy tapes, HIV shower vaccine, Standard 2, English cattle kraal, VIP cows, etc - Number One is regarded as a "treasure" of the ANC. That's according to Ace Magashule, premier of the Free State and provincial chairman of the ANC.
A source Vera consulted defines a "treasure" thus: "a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered." Clearly, the list of things mentioned above plus the double-headedness makes for a perfect concentration of discoveries in one person worth describing as a treasure.
YOUTHFUL KISSES
The ANC Youth League has unashamedly decided to go on a kissing festival. In its discussion documents prepared ahead of its conference, the ANCYL, which will most likely be led by the over-age Pule Mabe, strongly recommends using its national general council as a "complete festival experience, learning from organisations such as the World Federation of Democratic Youth's (WFDY) long-standing tradition of festivals, combining politics and lived experiences of the youth".
The only thing Vera remembers about the WFDY that cost the taxpayer millions was the endless blowing of kisses.
lVera's question of the week: When will Baleka Mbete retire from politics to enjoy the dividends from her Gold Fields shares solicited on her behalf by a convicted criminal? It might save her from the high blood pressure caused by the EFF.
For more stories like this one, be sure to buy the Sowetan newspaper from Mondays to Fridays
Degree downside will be sex-for-marks scandals
VERA was excited to read in her favourite newspaper the other day that civil servants who obtain degrees stand to be paid lump sum amounts of up to R21000.
INCENTIVE BONUS
VERA was excited to read in her favourite newspaper the other day that civil servants who obtain degrees stand to be paid lump sum amounts of up to R21000.
For the first time, it will be worthwhile to be a clever black working for government.
Vera's excitement stems from the fact that Number One and Hlaudi Motsoeneng now have a very good reason to get their matric certificates and enrol for degrees.
The two might even decide to bend the rules, as they usually do, to make sure that by the time they graduate, when Jesus comes, graduates are paid millions of rands in a lump sum. You see, those two know how to throw a javelin.
Motsoeneng could make the SABC part of the public service so that his chairwoman Zandile Tshabalala - who dreamt of having a degree from Unisa - will benefit from this incentive.
Even Pallo Jordan, who sulked out of politics after years of lying about university degrees, including a PhD, might want to consider a job in the public sector as some kind of post-retirement hobby.
Now that he is unemployed, he could even argue for the lump sum to be increased.
The only downside about which Vera would like to caution is the likely increase in the rate of bribery.
Watch out for the rising incidents of sex-for-marks scandals involving civil servants at universities. The sex pest lecturers like Tshepo wa Mamatu, who this week offered a rather lame apology, must be salivating.
WHERE IS PALLO?
Where did Jordan go after he disappeared from the public limelight? Vera is offering her services to write an authorised biography of him titled The Faustian Bargain: The Life and Times of Z. Pallo Jordan.
TREASURE OF RICHES
It's amazing how with all the mysteries around him - spy tapes, HIV shower vaccine, Standard 2, English cattle kraal, VIP cows, etc - Number One is regarded as a "treasure" of the ANC. That's according to Ace Magashule, premier of the Free State and provincial chairman of the ANC.
A source Vera consulted defines a "treasure" thus: "a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered." Clearly, the list of things mentioned above plus the double-headedness makes for a perfect concentration of discoveries in one person worth describing as a treasure.
YOUTHFUL KISSES
The ANC Youth League has unashamedly decided to go on a kissing festival. In its discussion documents prepared ahead of its conference, the ANCYL, which will most likely be led by the over-age Pule Mabe, strongly recommends using its national general council as a "complete festival experience, learning from organisations such as the World Federation of Democratic Youth's (WFDY) long-standing tradition of festivals, combining politics and lived experiences of the youth".
The only thing Vera remembers about the WFDY that cost the taxpayer millions was the endless blowing of kisses.
lVera's question of the week: When will Baleka Mbete retire from politics to enjoy the dividends from her Gold Fields shares solicited on her behalf by a convicted criminal? It might save her from the high blood pressure caused by the EFF.
For more stories like this one, be sure to buy the Sowetan newspaper from Mondays to Fridays
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