Three blind mice . . .

Of mice and men – a sad N’kandla story
(a tragi-comedy sung to the tune of ‘Three Blind Mice’)
Three primed MPs
see how they con
see how they con
They all follow the policy guide
even when found to be unjustified
Did you see how easily they blatantly lied
despite opposition remarks being purposely snide
Three primed MPs

Three red-faced MPs
see now their unease
see now their unease
Denying and scrambling to explain reports
nothing stops them from lying in courts
Ducking and diving and blaming cohorts
what a sad testimony to honest retorts
Three red-faced MPs

Three blustering NECs
See how they confide
See how they confide
Pulling out all stops to fill in the gaptas
puffing and wheezing, close to relapses
Running around like chickens without heads
looking for persons with leadership creds
Three blustering NECs

Three happy guptas
See how they smile
See how they smile
Wheeling and dealing with Zuma concealing
a nuclear deal looking really appealing
What next will watchdog press be revealing
here’s hoping it leads to a presidential repealing
Three waving guptas
at Waterkloof airbase dapachas (Zulu for ‘departures’)
Not happy chaptas
Not happy chaptas

Three more apologies
See how they flow
See how they flow
Whitewash and platitudes liberally splashed
Deceptions, excuses haughtily mishmashed
Opposition concern for the country is trashed
Carrying on regardless and quite unabashed
Three more fears
Three more fears

Three more pleas
See how you vote
See how you vote
Honour amongst leaders a thing of the past
Morals, ethics, good examples come last
Corruption, deception going hand in hand
What’ll become, good people, of our land
Such blind leaders
Such blind leaders

CLIFF HATT
Zinkwazi