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Easter egg dance
Busi was told that Cope leader Terror “I-am-the-president-but-not-the-presidential-candidate” Lekota would be celebrating Easter at the same church as ANC president Jacob Zuma in Zuurbekom. While poor JZ sat through dozens of polygamous marriage ceremonies for couples who arrived in his honour, Lekota didn’t pitch.

In the thick of rumours about him wanting to go back to the ANC, he probably didn’t want be seen too close to JZ. Or maybe he was just too scared to celebrate Easter at all in case the egg hunt led him straight back to Luthuli House.

Seeing red
The Young Communist League saw red again last week when one of their tjommies was again detained at an airport in the imperialist world, this time France. Kid in red Malefo Mosimanyane was “detained” at “Paris International Airport” (aka Charles de Gaulle), the other Kids furiously reported. The Kids blame it on the fact that Mosimanyane was on his way to a meeting with some Basque country struggle outfit—not the Frenchies’ favourites because of their tendencies to bomb the French. Busi hears the problem was not political but that Mosimanyane couldn’t tell airport officials who he was coming to see. He had no name or telephone number or even a return ticket home to show that he was legit. Nonetheless, the league says it will urge the South African government to cut ties with France. Just remember if you do that, boys, you will also have to kiss au revoir to those fancy Lacoste shirts and superquaffer beaujolais.

Seeing Big Red
In the triumphant free-for-all that followed the dropping of charges against JZ, the Big Red Blade lectured the media saying they were complicit in this famous conspiracy against Msholozi. With a sigh of relief Nzimande added: “But I’m happy that our people do not read newspapers.” Take heed all of you who thought communism was about fighting poverty, illiteracy, blah blah blah.

Idle or Idol?
With Trevor Manuel unsure of where he’ll sit in the Zuma government, he is obviously looking into other avenues that could bring fame and much more money than a treasury salary. Busi spotted Manuel on the campaign trail, where he seemed to be trying out for Idols with Yvonne Elliman’s 1990s hit, If I Can’t Have You. “If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby,” he warbled to ANC voters. Is he subtly trying to warn the ruling party about that devil called the stayaway vote?

Headgirl in the clouds
Elections took to the skies last week when headgirl Helen Zille announced that she’s about to take off in a hired jet and criss-cross the country, taking the DA’s message everywhere in the final countdown. Busi knows nothing is fair in love and election war, but given that JZ has solemnly promised to fly SAA when he becomes president, maybe he could lend her the presidential jet, Inkwazi? Then while HZ soars like a fish eagle JZ can get down with the cargo classes in the big cabin in the sky. Busi hopes JZ doesn’t take this public transport thing too far and start using buses: SA Roadlink has had a few nasty accidents lately.