And now another king-sized blooper

I FIND IT astounding that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has published a report amazingly exonerating King Goodwill Zwelithini from allegations of inciting the xenophobic violence which swept across South Africa in an orgy of violence, causing death and destruction on a horrendous scale.

The king’s incendiary words, recorded in isiZulu, were crystal clear and charged with xenophobic venom.

Unfortunately, it seems the Zulu king is “royal game” and the perception the SAHRC has generated with its report is that there is one law for Afrophobic tribal demagogues and another for the common citizens.

Apparently King Goodwill was not even personally interviewed during the commission’s interminable official investigation.

And now another blooper from His Majesty by praising the Nationalist apartheid gov- ernment.

I wonder if the ANC will be as vociferous in condemnation of that verbal diarrhoea as when the DA’s Dianne Kohler Barnard expressed similar sentiments? With the exception of the public protector, our Chapter 9 watchdog institutions are letting the country down badly, and after such gormless findings by the SAHRC we have even more respect for feisty advocate Thuli Madonsela and her colleagues.

When her term of office comes to an end next year she will surely be replaced by the government with a placid puppet who will faithfully replicate the SAHRC’s placid inaction.

If only we could clone dozens of Thuli Madonselas who would oversee the key watchdog organisations, our country would instantly transform into an idyllic African paradise.

If only we could clone dozens of Thuli Madonselas

Kensington, Joburg