With his back to the wall, Sol’s mantash was a beauty
To build or not to build
The Goatee at Luthuli House is not the only one allowed to mantash. The mayor of Tshwane was not to be outdone when dealing with an unwanted result of the dalliance with Juju’s red army.
The commander-in-chief of the toy army has been encouraging the landless to grab any open piece of land they fancy.
Sol’s DA is in a sketchy romance with the EFF where time and again the Teletubbies in red threaten to pull the plug at the slightest instigation, sending the supposedly senior partner in the arrangement into panic mode.
Not a trump card
So when a group of the great unwashed invaded land in Mahube Valley, the mayor had his Trump moment and suggested the city build a wall to separate the invaders from the formally housed - some of whom are now formerly housed as some homes were set on fire, allegedly by the squatters.
Lesson from the past
We never learn from history, do we? The reds tried that in Berlin and it did not work. The madman in the White House has probably had a reality check with his stated goal to put up brick and mortar along the Mexican border.
Solly must have seen the folly of his ways and Vera welcomes it. If you mantash, better do it for a good cause, unlike the originator of the term who will do so on anything.
But Sol’s dream wall had Vera wondering whether building walls was not an idea planted in the Garden Boy’s party during that visit to Israel, the masters of separatism by wall.
The silent number one
The visit by Joseph Kabila to Namba Wan sent Vera’s imagination into overdrive. She just wondered what Mzansi would have turned out like if we had a number one like him over the past eight years.
Cure for foot in mouth
One thing we would have been guaranteed is that there would have been no such thing as quoting Namba Wan out of context nor him putting his foot in the mouth repeatedly.
None of that is possible with someone who never says anything. Have you ever heard Kabila being quoted in any media, let alone say anything himself? Speak no evil!
Silence not always golden
But on the downside, we would not have such comical moments as a president speaking of “homeses”, and reading out any number with more than three digits. Vera suspects we might inexplicably have missed the giggle – he he he he he. Does it hurt?
Say not a word
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and who is Vera to dispute that. We shall therefore let shape, form and a combination of light and film or whatever it is they use in photography these days do the talking. I present to you, dear readers, Babes WeGrants as you have never seen her before.