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What is the issue

What is the issue

Author: Tomas Yoko
Date: 2017-08-11

On the eighth day of the eighth month our president faced his eighth no-confidence motion, in an effort to wrench back the debilitating downward spiral of our country's economy and dignity.

Even at the last minute ANC leaders were threatening their Ministers with expulsion if they voted against Zuma. Despite the secret ballot and the fact that if Zuma was ousted then so would the whole cabinet be. Never the less, Zuma was held in his position with some signs of desperation and even so, many were quick to point out that he may have lived through yet another no confidence vote, but the ANC paid dearly for it this time.

Noises from the SACP probably wont stop now, they will surely be calling for his resignation regardless of him being saved by abstainers and absenteeism.

Another really important voting process is happening in Kenya with the country's presidential elections getting underway. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Jomo's son,is going up against Raila Odinga, son of Kenya's first president Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and his National Super Alliance of opposition parties. A history of violence threatens to repeat itself with the run up to the elections already marred with senseless violence. The fear is that the usual post election violence will erupt again like the pattern that seams to repeat itself.

Venezuela is also a hotbed of political violence and instability, but they have oil, so it figures, however those Venezuelan protestors don't pull their punches, they do violence on a scary scale. I'm so glad there is a whole bunch of ocean between them and us.

Doesn't matter how much ocean there is between Kim Jong-un and America, it never seems to be enough and with their recent test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile with nuclear capabilities, it is a welcome relief to see China getting involved in the conflict, pouring oil on those turbulent waters. Even Washington changed its language assuring North Korea that they are not trying to topple Kim Jong-un or to reunite the two Koreas. That seemed to calm things down and now maybe the six-party talks can get back underway and those illustrious leaders can solve the problem without blowing us all to hell and back. That will be just great if they can get it right.

That should put paid to the war monger's attempts at a nuclear clash in the Korean peninsula, so all that is left is the Middle East, Georgia and the Ukraine and we might even be able to start calling ourselves a civilised species again.

The problem facing that solution is the massive amount of money involved and the challenge of how to generate such huge turnover with peaceful initiatives. Maybe if we try we can come up with some brilliant ideas.

Well with it being woman's month, and woman's day, somebody should have told the deputy minister of education, yes education, that slapping women for calling you gay is not the way to do things. Deep breathing and walking away from antagonising behaviour is they way to do it. Repeatedly slapping them will only make you more famous than you really want to be.