Publication: Independent on Saturday Issued: Date: 2006-01-07 Reporter: Bhan Mahabir

"As I gaze into my crystal ball ... "

 

Publication 

Independent on Saturday
Date

2006-01-07

Reporter

 Bhan Mahabir

Web Link

www.tios.co.za

 

Letters

What changes do I see for 2006?

A new super-union of Fedusa, Nactu and Consawu, formed with the support of the cabal intent on destroying Jacob Zuma, will challenge Cosatu, as part of the divida-et-imperia (divide and rule) strategy. It will be an acrimonious struggle. The new super-union will not do badly. It will come second in the ratings.

Every word of the so-called hoax e-mails will be proven to be true.

Judge Sisi Khampepe will not be cowed by menacing allusions to her career prospects.

An otherwise good minister *1 - who tragically lost his way - will resign quietly.

A pretender to the highest office *2 will return to home base to do penance for covetousness.

The A-team of the Scorpions *3 will be looking for jobs as bodyguards for oil-rich sultans in faraway desert lands.

Spooks of the National Intelligence Agency, dismissed for doing their jobs a little too well, will be re-instated with full honours.

Spooks of foreign agencies will feel the heat of exposure and apply to be re-assigned to cooler climes.

A latter-day Mata Hari *4 will be exposed in court to the delight of voyeurs in the media *5.

A big man with a heart of gold *6 and incomparable struggle credentials will regain his prestige, proving once again that you can't keep a good man down.

Realisation of the above auguries will be a measure of the extent to which Man proposes, but God disposes.

Our leaders need to be reminded that posterity will be the ultimate judge of all they say and do, after their might and main is relegated to history.

Bhan Mahabir
La Lucia

With acknowledgements to Bhan Mahabir and Independent on Saturday.


*1  The Minister of Intelligence.

*2  Too many to enumerate.

*3  Why would anyone want this, unless they were a potential target?

*4  The alleged rape victim. A wicked one.

*5  Should this happen, the delight would more likely be that of The Fan Club of The Big Man with a Heart of Gold

*6  His Man, whose bigness of heart is only exceed by his bigness of size of family and bigness of his libido, neither being adequately supported by bigness of his after-tax salary cheque or even of bigness of donations by Thomson-CSF until their local subsidiary starts paying dividends.

This is a new year's wish list, not the revelations of a crystal ball or an astute scenario analysis.

See also :

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VPO Search Results:

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Mbeki Could Resign to Remove Impasse, Post, 2005-11-16, Bhan Mahabir
Play the Facts, Not the Man, Mail & Guardian, 2005-10-21, Letters
Dangerous Precedent is Set, The Star, 2005-06-21, Bhan Mahabir
Ngcuka Remarks About Indians Are Damaging, Daily News, 2003-10-16, Bhan Mahabir
Mbeki Sets a Great Example, City Press, 2003-09-27, Bhan Mahabir
Let's Hear Zuma's Side of the Story, Mail & Guardian, 2003-09-05, Various

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