Fly Around The World

ry cabinet minister “lives” and “dies” by the President’s word. Speculation has intensified recently that Zuma will get rid of Gordhan and replace him with his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, or with Brian Molefe, the former Eskom boss who was this week sworn in as an ANC MP. Be reminded that Molefe cried like a little boy when it transpired that he had an extremely cosy relationship with the controversial Gupta family.

He ain’t my Brother!

In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (just call it North Korea), Dear Leader Kim Jong-un stands accused of ordering the murder of his half-brother, Kim Jong-Nam, who was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia. CCTV cameras clearly show two women apparently holding Nam from behind and forcing him to eat something – poison. The dead man was once in line to succeed Kim Jong-il, before his father anointed Nam. Apparently, his love for Disney characters like Mickey Mouse did not please his father. The new chief has had no trouble knocking off his relatives, having even executed his own uncle just so he could consolidate his power. His grandfather is the notorious Kim il-Sung, founder of the DPRK, and the man who created one of the most notorious personality cults of adulation ever. The Kim il-Sung dynasty basically considers North Korea as a large family estate.

Hello Dineo

It was not too long ago when all we could hear on radio was Dineo. Dineo, the tropical cyclone that is. The force of nature that battered Mozambique last week was supposed to pay us a visit too, but perhaps the over-supply of pastors in SA saved the day. The wailing Miss Dineo gave South Africa a miss (with just some heavy rains in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and parts of North West).

But she was perhaps sated – having left Mozambique counting scores of dead and injured.