About Last Year

It’s 2018!

And yes, I am a bit slow on the uptake but I wasn’t exactly feeling very festive or celebratory. Searching the internet for morbid kak isn’t exactly one’s idea of spreading cheer.

But it is that time of the year where we no longer have to dish out ‘compliments of the season’ greetings with a dash of air kiss because you know -  dai wyn bek breeds koorsblare and then contempt.  The silly season is over and it is winter in our wallets. Except for government workers because finally it’s pay day – and no, I don’t mean SASSA. New Year’s resolutions are out the door and the only thing different is that there is no change – not even enough for a paar losse entjies. 

The world of politics definitely embraced change before the New Year even began. The ANC welcomed a new leader – I mean, everyone deserves the chance to be in charge of corruption.  Zuma must have been pissed at the announcement because now he can’t keep his hand in the cookie jar since Dlamini isn’t it. Sy bek is uit.

So he declares Free Education for all poor people – which are most of us – and leaves even more kak for Cyril to deal with out of spite.  Because Cyril is that guy – he raised the rand – and now he wants to take your land.

It’s like the man couldn’t wait to be the leader of the ANC so he can further plummet our country into darkness.  Our natural disasters come in forms of corruption – it’s a natural trait of the people appointed in leading roles.  I mean there will always be corruption, but can you please be a little subtle about it?

Anyway, what boggles me about this “land expropriation without compensation” crap is WHOSE land you gonna take, Cyril? Can we start with Nkandla?

Talking about turning SA into a ‘Garden of Eden’… and we all know what happened there.  Shit clearly didn’t end well because now we are wearing clothes and it’s kak expensive. And fig leaves make you itch.

But it’s is exactly this act that makes me think the farm murders are linked to the leading party.  And I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist but my trust issues don’t give a benefit of a doubt when it comes to government.  The fight between farmers and government isn’t a new one. While the state owns over 4000 farms already, they want to get their green greedy fingers on even more. 

And what happens then? Rising food prices because we know how uitgevriet they are. R30 mince isn’t even enough to feed four people anymore. At R80/kg plus the risk of listeria is die lewe regtag duur.

What is free education really worth then if you can’t even afford to put food on the table? With the unemployment as rife as it is, people with degrees are already struggling to find work.  So the 4 to 6 years of free studying you are willing to get caught in a stampede for, might get you R5000 a month while a job requirement is having your own car.

It’s already sounding more like a Garden of Zim if you ask me. And I can’t imagine bread costing a few thousand. I love bread but Blue Ribbon isn’t that kwaai.  Which reminds me, I’m going to have a peanut butter sandwich while looking for a job on Gumtree – just joking man, peanut butter is too expensive.