The Point is mulling a change of profession. Yip, the stadia packed full of people are calling. I have been nurturing this secret passion for some time, with only a complete lack of ability standing between me and international fame and glory. Well, that and a rudimentary knowledge of the words of the national anthem.

And, hey, if that fails, politics is still an option. After all, it requires a pretty similar skill set.

POSTER BOY FOR POLITICS

A skill set which I am no longer sure that He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named can still lay claim to. Oh yes, a passing comment made by Professor Jansen during the week has raised the debate over whether the chubby-cheeked-one can still claim to be the poster boy for politics.

"His ability to synthesise a fairly complex set of discussions that we had was amazing," said Jansen. And later: "But I do want to say this about him... unlike the impression I think in the media, he is an extremely smart person".

My first thought: Professor Jansen reads my column!
Followed by: Damn! This may mean having to make a fundamental shift in the way I perceive the universe and my place in it.

Luckily, M brought my existential scare to an abrupt halt when he made the following statement.

"Thabo Mbeki might have made mistakes, but we can never charge him [with genocide]... We must not charge one of our own. If we allow that, the same thing would happen to Mugabe, and the same would happen to Zuma, and the next thing you know they will come for you."

I suspect I fall into the category of 'moderately smart', because I am failing to synthesise that view of justice and accountability with my own.

LIKE SAND THROUGH THE HOURGLASS...

On second thoughts, my understanding of justice and accountability seems to be strangely incongruous with that of our political milieu. When the police came under fire for shooting innocent civilians to death, this was their response.

"Over the last three years the ministry has noticed an increased number of shootings of civilians by police officers. So I don't think you can attribute those [the recent killings] to what is being printed quite sensationally in the media [the 'shoot to kill' comments].

Police have been killing innocent civilians for years? Oh, well, when you put it like that...

After last week's Tarantino allusion fell on deaf ears, Fikile Mbalula decided to tone it down a notch. Yes, a discourse that all South Africans can understand: the Soapie.

"We sympathise with people who are in that kind of situation. These are the days of our lives. [And like sand through the hourglass] In the crossfire between criminals and police, innocent people die, police also die. We live in South Africa and that's the point.

Well, we can agree on one point — we do, in fact, live in South Africa.

Clearly castigating Mbalula for his insatiable appetite for Tarantino (read between the lines, people!), Zuma decreed that there was too much blood, violence and sex on television.

"It is brought into our living rooms whether we like it or not. Then we wonder why our society is so violent and there us so much rape and everything, we contribute," said the man whose theme song would have impressed Rambo.

EARS OF DESTRUCTION

And lest you think that this column is all about blood, violence and... well, okay, there hasn't actually been any sex... I bring you some of the lighter stuff. We do, after all, live in South Africa.

From Fikile Mbalula on his apparently 'hunky dory' relationship with his boss Nathi Mthethwa:

"We are not in the business of exchanging love letters, but there are people in the cocoons of police headquarters with ears of destruction who give you wrong information."

Well, that, at least, should explain the current level of confusion in the police service. And I'm not talking about those with ears of destruction.

The DA's Diane Kohler-Barnard is less than impressed with Fikile's boss, after the Police Ministry admitted to investing in a R150-million jet.

"On top of his 'pimp-my-ride' vehicles and staying at the five-star hotels, we now have the news that he is flying around in a private jet — even the queen of England uses British Airways."

No love letters there either then.

And, for once, The Point and the Young Communist League are in agreement.

"As for Ras [Dumisani], he must keep singing the anthem, but only in his shower."

Irie.

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