This line: “Fellow South Africans, I must underline here that of all the countries that I know of, very few compare to South Africa in the effort to fight corruption,” was the first of his April Fool’s speech, and it only got better from there. Not even our dearly beloved comedian Trevor Noah has ever come up with one-liners like these.
“In other countries nobody talks about [fighting] corruption. We fight corruption here. We are more in the media because we fight corruption. We declared war against corruption and we are making progress.”
He certainly still lacks the right timing on delivering these funny one-liners, but he certainly has the material sorted. “Corruption will not be allowed to steal the fruits of freedom.”
Our funny old Prez, appearing on stage without a shower head hovering over him, was addressing thousands of people gathered at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for the annual Freedom Day commemoration.
His follow-up theme was economic improvements. He said to the delight of the hungry crowds that significant economic improvements have been made since the attainment of democracy in 1994.
“While income inequality remains high, the expansion of our social grant system from 2,7 million in 1994 to 16 million currently has contributed to a significant reduction in the proportion of households living in poverty.”
Then came national unity, which proved to be a knockout with the audience. Despite numerous trying moments encountered in the young democracy, like the Marikana tragedy, South Africans stood together in unity.
“Many thought the Marikana tragedy marked the end of the road for a peaceful and democratic South Africa but working together, we rose above the tragedy and put our country first.”
With such a start to his young career, who knows what will be next for this upcoming star?
