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# I dunno what she's smoking...

... but someone should make her stop. Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Nguka says that we should do a 'skills transfer' with Zimbabwe when it comes to land reform because we can learn a lot from them.

I always liken the ANC government to a suitor/girlfriend/boyfriend who's absolutely wonderful in almost every way, except that now and then they start foaming at the mouth, wailing in languages noone's ever heard of, and looking for kitchen knives and little furry animals to carve up. Everything else is great and full of promise, but will your wedded bliss end with you waking up one night to find an axe protruding from your chest and 'kill kill kill' carved into your forehead?

This is definitely a foamy mouth moment.

(Via Commentary and Ronwen in the car on the way home tonight)

Update: it appears that the Deputy Pres was joking, and IOL seem to have missed the joke when they reported on it. This M&G article explains things (a bit) better. I'm still a little wary when it comes to our government's plans to 'speed up' land reform, though.

File under: politiek : {2005.08.10 22:05}

Comments:

1. Rich...! (2005.08.11 - 11:32) #

I was going to write about this aswell after I heard about it on 702 this morning. However after researching it for a bit, it was apparantley clear to everyone attending the event that the statement was meant in jest. From what I can tell it's just the DA trying to take something out of context to get the public going...!

2. Colin (2005.08.11 - 21:01) #

Yep, and good ole IOL reporting!

3. Nick (2005.08.12 - 11:53) #

We can learn a lot from them with regards to land reform.

Like what NOT to do.

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