Selfies in the mother lode

THE ANC rolled out every conceivable security measure at Sea Point’s plush President Hotel on Wednesday morning for its national executive committee meeting. But the metal detectors, the angry and armed big men and the barricades were helpless against a well-known weapon imported from Gauteng: the insistent kugel mother.

While other holidaymakers and media people were gawking at the assembled ANC bigwigs, two of these types had broken through and were taking selfies of them and their brats with Number One. The Karaoke King, clearly admiring the chutzpah, was obliging — smiling away even as his security detail froze.