Day to send our politicos packing

What sense is there holding international days? If the event is that important, why make a fuss for one day only. Cancer and women and child abuse are real issues and should be addressed and emphasised daily, not yearly.

It’s Human Rights Day soon. Another subject that should be enjoying our collective humanness. Sadly, the day has been turned into political speech-making and instead of finding solutions to the ever-present monsters, politicos use the platform to blather blame on past regimes and present opposition parties.

All except their own. Under the ANC, the poor are still being deprived while its leaders and lackeys get fat with snouts deep in the gravy.

Google says there are hundreds of international days. Wading through the list, I come across some ridiculous ones – but at least they’re fun and don’t require any depth of intelligence. The one equated with politicians is “Lame Duck Day”. “Festival of Sleep Day” is also appropriate, given the number of somnolent parliamentarians during the budget speech day. In all fairness, many of them, including No 1, can’t get around more than three figures at a time and the sums rattled off by the finance minister mean zilch, so why not steal a nap or two?

Just thought out one of my own. Might even make the Google list. “Free from Politicians Day”. Give them the day off – in fact, why not a full year to stay out of our hair? For the number of tasks they get through, a year away won’t change things. On the contrary, without their meddling, the community at large would form new relationships without self-serving policies. Sport would be freed from the dreaded quota system allowing the better sportspeople, no matter colour or creed, to give their best and entertain crowds who, for a magic moment, could forget the existence of a country ruled by cuckoo crooks.

And who knows, politicians led by Frenetic Fikile, and away from their “arduous duties”, are able to pitch at sporting events and experience first-hand the camaraderie of thousands of colour-blind spectators. The only colours seen are those worn by players and their followers. Just maybe the exercise will rub off on future parliaments.

If only ...