Hlow down, Hlaudi

NO 1 had barely got off the plane when he learnt that the soap opera at Fawlty Towers had degenerated into a comical farce deserving of a slot on Cartoon Network.

In the latest episode, the Chief Executive of All Chief Executives hijacked the platform at a funeral service and declared himself the SABC’s Chief Operating Officer for Life in defiance of the courts.

Still wary of rubbing the courts the wrong way following his crushing defeat at the Constitutional Court a few months ago, No 1 was very quick to issue a statement effectively distancing himself from Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s latest bid to remain at the SABC.

The late SABC board member Hope Zinde once told Hogarth that in one heated meeting with Communications Minister Faith Muthambi, she had told her that Baba “loved” Motsoeneng.

It would seem that Baba is slowly wising up to the reality that “love” does not conquer all, especially not the courts.