A citizen’s SOPA opera

Dear Mr President, what da EFF happened with your little talk da other night. I see some couldn’t COPE and da rest of DA people were left incredulous. The world shook its head and the unemployed shook their fists.
Anyway – now for my little address as a citizen, Sir. You have let us down badly these past few years Mr President.
You have embarrassed us and many members of your cabinet and party. Your foolish decisions and actions have cost us money and credibility and at times made us the laughing stock of the world. We have lost growth opportunity and business opportunities through your self-centred foolishness and misguided self-importance. You have put family and colleagues (or comrades as you call them – although they’re not quite as comradely as you would like them to be these days) ahead of the marginalised people of the country.
You too have said ‘let them eat cake’ – but with the Rand’s decline, cake now costs a great deal more and actually the money’s been spent on home improvements and good living icing for the elite and on our often overpaid state employees (many unqualified, we continue to find out).
And this so-called alliance, which you have to continually appease and pander to to stay in power, is no different to you. Their very important blue light lifestyles far outweigh the importance of life for those who are told to eat cake. These alliance partners sadly also want to live like you, Sir – or you don’t get their vote – it’s as simple as that.
You’ve lost the plot and our respect Sir, and it’s time for you to step down. Go now – it’s too late for you to turn things around. You’ll do us all a disservice if you stay.
Hand over to a new leader and team – trustworthy people, respected people, qualified people, concerned people. You see democratic people realise it’s not about themselves or their party (especially that party that’s going to stay in power until Jesus comes – although I believe Jesus might have other ideas about that) – but about those whom they serve.
We need people in power who realise that the future of this country will depend on strong, unselfish, uncorrupt and understanding leadership. People who realise that state institutions and businesses can only grow when qualified, experienced people manage them in unity with others. People who realise that land grabbing will destroy the progress we’ve made and scare investors away. People who know that by encouraging ‘easy to start up’ small entrepreneurial businesses – coupled with fair but relaxed labour laws and assisted by unions – without ‘get rich quick’ party-conscious shop stewards and officials – will rapidly allow this country to employ and develop and prosper hundreds of thousands of marginalised desperate people.
We need people who will actually implement the National Development Plan, which in turn will grab the attention of the world and immediately create more job opportunities and show that we mean business and don’t just talk it.
But most important of all we need leaders who know that corruption and cadre deployment will destroy all we have and make us as repugnant as the previous government.
And do you know what, Mr President, we don’t care what colour those leaders are, as long as they look after the needs of our country and all our people.
So put that in your pipe and smoke it, Sir – a little like Mbeki had to (with your assistance of course). What goes around comes around, they say.
But if you do the honourable thing and resign Sir, then just maybe it could become a roundabout of wonderful change and growth and harmony. Yes there will be roller coaster ups and downs and chances will have to be taken on the big wheel of change, but there will be candyfloss for everyone if we all work together and party together. And in life’s fairground stalls we’ll all win chimps and Teddy bears and gollies and it won’t matter what they’re called because we’ll all be earning an income and having fun – together – and there will be nothing to be sensitive about!

CLIFF HATT
Zinkwazi