‘Twas the night before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas
And all through Nkandla
The lights were ablaze
To the sound of “Amandla!”
While the rest of the nation
Was shedding its load
The power was strong
In this humble abode
Whose brilliant gleam
Could be viewed from in space
By a man in a sleigh
With a grin on his face
As he drove through the stars
In his dazzling red suit
He said “I’m coming to get you
To pay back the loot”
But the head of the house told him
Don’t be a fool
I spent it on building
This flaming big pool
So come sit beside me
And let’s get all boozy
In the Peace and Goodwill
Of my fire jacuzzi
I’ll raise up my glass
And say, “Ja, Noël Fine”
But I won’t pay the money
And I’ll never resign
But look to the lights
That shine over yonder
And let’s bring a halt to the
Blitzen and Donder
For now is the time to
Cease all your fighting
And shuttup complaining
That you haven’t got lighting
Joy to the world
Let the Angels sing Hark!
Enjoy your cold turkey
That you eat in the dark
Forget all the chaos
Ignore all the scandals
Let’s gather as one
By the light of our candles
And dwell on the things
That deserve celebration
As we dream of a brighter
More powerful nation

Quadriplegic with a death wish

I wish this woman in her wheelchair would ride on the pavement where there are ramps. But no she insists on riding down the middle of the road.  She may wish to be killed but I really wish she would do it somewhere else and not on the roads of Linden.

The superintendents house at the Hillbrow hospital

I used to live over the road from this house.  Over the years I have watched the neglect and disintegration of it.  This picture was taken on 16/12/2014.

So much for our wonderful ANC government.

The most disgusting place in Joburg

Yesterday I had to take a friend to Joburg station to catch a bus.
Firstly, there is no boom at the entrance to collect parking tickets. It has been broken off. 
I delivered the friend and then tried to get out only to find that there are parking ticket boxes and you cannot get out without breaking the booms.  

So you have to go and park your car (one parking at the other end of the parking lot) get a ticket from the entrance and wade through piles of human excrement and pay R12 (immaterial that you have originally spent less than five minutes in the dump) at one of three (only) money gobblers (two of which don't work so you stand in a queue) then find the machine only takes R20 or less (and NONE of the shops will exchange R100 notes).

EVENTUALLY you do get out of the concourse and have to wade through same said excrement to your car and gett out of the station.  What a downgrade for the once very nice Joburg station which I used to go to every day.

SHAME on you TRANSNET