tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post4836916735805683281..comments2024-03-09T10:58:56.668+02:00Comments on constitutionally speaking: Mbeki in a bubble?Pierre de Voshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861888910368295788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post-62894001196674376892007-08-16T17:30:00.000+02:002007-08-16T17:30:00.000+02:00I couldn't agree with you more. That's the thing w...I couldn't agree with you more. That's the thing with Politicians and the way they think.They just never look at situations first before reacting. And Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is no differentAkanyang Merementsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306680465202980555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post-17380801091264120662007-08-10T12:27:00.000+02:002007-08-10T12:27:00.000+02:00Oh dear, now one should really start becoming very...Oh dear, now one should really start becoming very careful! The Deputy President (a woman) gets off without a slap on the wrist for unauthorized travels abroad. ... The Minister of Health (a woman) can say anything about HIV/AIDS, and has the support of the President (or does he have hers?). ... The Deputy Minister of Health (a woman) states publicly that she has another view on HIV/AIDS, ... aand she reports that the conditions at Mt Frere hospital is a 'national crisis', ... aand she travels abroad to a conference that has everything to do with her (and the Minster's) portfolio (Health), ... aand the President and the Minister of Health do not particularly like it, ... she gets sacked!! Who said Mbeki wants more women in top political positions? Or does that only apply to women who agree with him and dance to his tune (or is he dancing to theirs?)? ... Happy Women's Day!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36284819.post-74063791542053591542007-08-06T15:29:00.000+02:002007-08-06T15:29:00.000+02:00Here one cannot but agree. Thabo lives in a bubble...Here one cannot but agree. Thabo lives in a bubble - but whether it is his advisors that are to blame is another question. Debating on an Afrikaans blog on the website of Die Burger (@parlement) a few weeks ago, a number of people voiced their absolute amazement at the fact that, when Thabo was briefed on the 'Tik' problem on the Cape Flats, he asked: "But (read - 'duh'), what is 'Tik'?" - also referred to in this blog. You could actually 'tik' him 'om' with a 'veertjie' [or slap him with a 'pap snoek'] (as one blogger suggested) when it was explained to him that Tik is actually the latest drug-habit whose manifacture is currently causing much concern country-wide. He has not heard about the abuse of funds by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, neither did he know who ok'd Phumzile's (his appointee) exorbitant travels and shopping abroad at state expense. Now the Mount Frere hospital thing. What else is there our President does not know? That everything is going wrong in Zimbabwe (esp when Mugabe saw what happened to Charles Taylor)? Does the President at all have advisors? Or, are they playing computer games on their offial computers instead of serving the people of South Africa? But even so, does the President himself never read papers, watch TV News or talk to the people? Or does he just suck his pipe, sip from his glass, and think up what next to say in his weekly News letter "ANC Today" to soothe his constituency? Good Lord! Who is atually governing this country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com