Yesterday I woke up to the news of the mayor of my small poor municipality Milton Jan Moreme going to court to face charges of murder. Yesterday I woke up to hundreds of his Afrikan National Congress fans in t-shirts bearing the face of party president Jacob Zuma waiting for buses to go and support him on his woes. Yesterday I woke up to news that he was going to trial in Nelspruit but has already booked a venue for his victory party on Friday. Yesterday I woke up to ANC cadres complaining that they are being used as cannon fodder in one man's battle against the elements. Yesterday, I woke up to a South Afrika I would love to live in where suspects face the full might of the law and answer for their accusers.
Yesterday I also woke up to the news that ANC president Jacob Zuma's sixteen charges might be dropped by the National Prosecuting Authority. Yesterday I woke up to Mo Shaik, the brother of convicted and recently released on a dodgy medical parole Shabir Shaik telling students in Pretoria that the NPA will drop charges. Yesterday I woke up to a South Afrika suddenly becoming what I didn't want to experience. Yesterday I remembered what Humanity said last week that what's the point of voting believing that your vote will give you a voice when your voice is muted as long as no one is listening.
Today I woke up to a quiet tranquil South Afrika which survived the events of yesterday. Today I woke up to a South Afrika where I can tend for my garden and water my flowers and laws and listen to the birds singing. Today I woke up to a different South Afrika, which is different from yours because overnight I just divorced myself from your reality and am now living in my skull. Today, South Afrika as it exists for you doesn't exist for me - because today I liberated myself and screamed 'fuck politics!'
PS; Saturday, my fresh-out-of-jail mayor is slaughtering four beasts to celebrate while two familes commemorate the deaths of their sons.
On April 22 Jacob Zuma becomes the President of South Afrika. Funny huh!
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