April Fool Joke On 4/1/11, Mlaba, Bheki <[email protected]> wrote: > Julius Malema appointed Minister Foreign Affairs! > <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wonkie/~3/u0DcPqRjPzQ/?utm_source=feedbu > rner&utm_medium=email> > > Early this morning, South African president Jacob Zuma > <http://www.wonkie.com/tag/jacob-zuma/> surprised the country by > announcing an unexpected cabinet reshuffle. Controversial government > spokesman Jimmy Manyi > <http://www.wonkie.com/2011/03/07/jimmy-manyi-black-racists-cartoon/> > met with a Wonkie freelance reporter in an exclusive interview and > explained the rationale behind the changes. > > "Extensive research has shown that there is an oversupply of a > particular brand of incompetence within the cabinet. President Zuma is > following through on his annual promise of moving ministers into more > appropriate roles if they underperform, and this cabinet reshuffle is > aimed at achieving exactly that." > > ... Jimmy M > > After discovering that a number of senior government officials had > squandered hundreds of thousands of tax-payer rands by arranging for an > expensive boondoggle in the United States earlier this year, Mr Zuma was > very sad. The 49-member South African delegation was the largest sent by > any country and included three ministers and five deputies. Learning > that this was done under the fun-sounding banner of the 55th Session of > the Commission on the Status of Women, Mr Zuma was especially dismayed. > He had not been invited to the party, and heads were going to roll. > > The Minister of Correctional Services, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who > had allegedly forced her way onto a number of guest lists for talks and > then didn't bother pitching up for them, was the first victim of the > cabinet reshuffle. Mr Zuma was disappointed to hear he could not send Ms > Mapisa-Nqakula to any of South Africa's correctional facilities as all > their names were currently being changed. Apparently, sending someone to > an incorrectly named prison would be a gross violation of their > fundamental human rights. > > The biggest surprise move given the recent altercations between Jacob > Zuma and the ANCYL, was the appointment of ANCYL president, Julius > Malema <http://www.wonkie.com/tag/julius-malema/> , to the post of > Minister in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation. > The move was so baffling that even the normally eloquent Helen Zille > <http://www.wonkie.com/tag/helen-zille/> of the DA was left speechless. > Wonkie reporters believe that Mrs Zille's acute objectionitis was in a > state of suspended disbelief with the mere thought that Julius may be > sent on his first foreign affairs assignment to Japan - to examine, > first hand, the impact of radiation exposure from the nuclear fallout > there. > > No such luck Mrs Zille. President Zuma has indicated that he will > instead be dispatching Mr Malema to Libya to head the talks with Muammar > Gadaffi and other leaders in the region affected by the recent North > African revolutions > <http://www.wonkie.com/2011/02/24/north-african-islamic-revolution/> . > Minister Malema could not be contacted for comment but Wonkie speculates > that his primary foreign affairs agenda is likely to include: > > 1. The nationalisation of oil and related resources; > 2. Implementing BBBEE tender processes in the Middle East; > 3. Introduction of cross-cultural sushi parties to all Islamic > countries; > 4. Strategies to combat western imperialists; and finally > 5. Reintroduction of flies to Libya, in opposition to UN resolution > 1973. > > > > > > Who said comrades cannot laugh: > > > > "APRIL FOOL" > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . >
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