/ 8 December 2017

Exclusive: Baleka’s new poem

(Reuters)
(Reuters)

THE FIFTH COLUMN

It is often forgotten that, in her youth, Baleka Mbete was a struggle poet. Today, the Fifth Column, in conjunction with our partners in free-floating surveillance and hacking, is able to reveal a new poem composed just the other day by the speaker in the National Assembly, one of the seven ANC presidential hopefuls …

oh oh oh

how I want to be

the president

on top

in charge

yes yes yes

i am woman

i can lead

i can give orders

i can spank Floyd Shivambu -on his bum

Juju too

spank spank

ow ow ow

say Floyd and little Julius

just you wait

yes yes yes

oh oh oh

bugger off Cyril

you old buffalo

with blunt horns

bugger off Lindiwe

i also have sharp nails

and

if need be

i can get a wig

bugger off Grace

i could be queen

queen of Africa

i’m better than Grace

queen of the people

the masses

oh oh oh

the people

the people

who have suffered

nearly as much as me

i grow old

i grow old

eish

struggle struggle

fight to be the boss

have I waited

all these long years

bored rigid in Parly

just to be cast aside

like a used kanga?

no no no

and again

no no no

i must put on my turban

my Turban of Power

i have a bigger turban

than that old frump NDZ

oh oh oh

bring me my turban

my biggest turban

pad it with rags

if need be

old torn-up kangas

but bring it

bring me my turban

oh oh oh

my Turban of Power!