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  • 2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Nkandla Firepool’ Viral Video

    04 Feb 2021 by Jasmine Stone in Entertainment, Throwback Thursday, Vibe, Video
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    [imagesource: Elmond Jiyane, GCIS]

    Nkaaaaandla.

    You can hear it in JZ’s voice, can’t you?

    Capetonians have returned to our beaches since the ban was lifted (and even before the ban was lifted), but up in Nkandla our former president has no such luck.

    Thankfully, while he muses over how best to dodge testifying at the Zondo Commission, he can enjoy a splash in his pool, although that’s actually its secondary purpose.

    Primarily, it’s a firepool, which Zuma went to great lengths to point out in 2015, when he allowed the media in to witness a demonstration.

    There was also this video footage, which formed part of then Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s Nkandla Report on May 28, 2015.

    It really is a trip down memory lane:

    Well played on that ending, too.

    While we’re here, we may as well revisit journalist Gus Silber’s superb poem, ‘Carols By Nkandalight’, penned back in 2015:

    ‘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

    Equal parts hilarious and infuriating.

    On the plus side, the weekend is within reach.

    Hang in there.

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