Serial adventurer and passport-stamp collector Riaan Manser has welcomed the increasing polarity within the ANC, saying the current divisions within the ruling party have given a new hope to explorers who had started to believe that there were no more unchartered frontiers left to explore.
As experts debate the prospects of the major parties in Wednesday’s elections, one thing remains certain: the hopes and psychedelic dreams of the Dagga Party are set to go up in smoke.
One time Cope leader and future Big Issue salesman Mbhazima Shilowa has followed up on his call to potential voters not to go to the polls on 18 May by asking the IEC if they would consider counting all those who don’t vote as being in favour of his party.
With World Cup matches currently on hiatus until Friday’s quarter-finals, millions of South Africans have admitted to forgetting what exactly they used to do all day. However, reports of a replacement activity tentatively billed as ‘Work’ have been dismissed by trends analysts as a “passing fad”. “Soccer has stood the test of time for centuries,” said consultant Zeitgeist Ngwenya. “This ‘Work’ craze will pass into obscurity like the hula-hoop and Tamagotchis.”
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota has announced that he is happy to turn a blind eye on corruption. At a press conference on Thursday, Lekota said he was prepared to ignore most crimes as long as they were not perpetrated by a rival and in an election year.
The Auditor-General is set to be called in to help solve the numerical mystery of how the PAC, who could only muster 23 votes in the 2009 election, can suddenly lay claim to having an army of 3000 soldiers.
KIMBERLEY. Cope has announced that they will hold their first birthday celebrations in Kimberley, saying they chose the city because its most famous attraction, The Big Hole, symbolises their party – something that once held great potential but which ended up as a massive waste of space. The event will be held on Youth Day [...]
