Chicken or fish
By the time you read this, the votes will be in deciding South Africa’s leadership for the next five years.
Politics in general gets me wound up, but South African politics is just exhausting. Imagine sitting on an airplane and the hostess brings the lunch cart down the isle, on every other flight the choice has always been chicken or fish.
I would personally go for chicken, because it stays down better if I get motion sickness and I enjoy a peri peri flavour over a meditation taste. I imagine the hostess surprisingly present me with two different types of fish. “Where is the chicken? I was really hoping for chicken, “I would ask her slightly confused. Then she would say, “Sorry sir, but look on the bright side, 20 years ago people did not ever have a choice, and even then only first class got served lunch at all.” “That is terrible,” I say somberly thinking that this is definitely better.
“umm well ok what kind of fish is this?” I ask. “I can’t say, but why don’t you pick one and find out or we can show you a promotional video for each.”
Looking at her unsettlingly smile I accept option B which was some kind of grilled fillet. As I reach for the plate she yanks it away and puts the deep fried one with chips in front of me instead. “Sorry everyone else picked this one, so you know…majority vote and all that,” she says as she quickly pushes the trolley further down the isle.
So I concede to my hunger and eat the fish as I’m wrestling with my motion sickness. All I wanted was a piece of chicken.
Over a hundred voting stations opened in eMalahleni and thousands of residents were asked to put a tick next to their piece of fish. Some tastes better than others, some might even taste really good, but none of them are the ideal; none of them are chicken.
Do you agree with every policy and every statement from the leaders of your preferred political party or is it just the lesser of two evils? The national elections are passed, what’s done is done, but next time the food trolley comes your way remember to get informed and ask the questions and get young people in your community to do the same…but above all, remember to ask about the extra cheese sauce.
