The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, has addressed the Informal Economy Conference on 2 December 2011 in Cape Town.
To read the full speech, refer to www.ngopulse.org/resource/address-zwelinzima-vavi-informal-economy-conference.
Resources: Presentations
Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, 20 June 2011
Programme Director
Chairperson Prof Alfred Nevhutanda
CEO Prof Vevek Ram
Chairperson of National Lotteries Board, Namibia
MEC, Arts and Culture, Eastern Cape
Chairperson of the Lottery Operators, Prof Bongani Khumalo
Members of the Distributing Agencies
Delegates to this Indaba
10 February 2011
Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;
Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema Motlanthe;
Former President Thabo Mbeki,
Former Deputy President FW De Klerk,
Former Deputy President Baleka Mbete,
Honourable Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, and all esteemed members of the Judiciary;
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
(an ANC chairpersonto boot)
in the company of strangers
In the company of strangers
to the truth and quite
economical with it too
(he in for fraud and the like)
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
the first of its kind
(can it really happen here)
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
John Block out there
from the Northern Cape
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
(an ANC chairpersonto boot)
in the company of strangers
In the company of strangers
to the truth and quite
economical with it too
(he in for fraud and the like)
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
the first of its kind
(can it really happen here)
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
John Block out there
from the Northern Cape
You can’t have
an MEC sitting in jail
Don’t go
flirting around
breaking my heart
with your little bit
on the side
Don’t go
flirting around
when we are
in a relationship
(bonded by time-past)
Don’t go
flirting around
HIV-AIDS is with us
as is the abuse of women
and children too
Don’t go
flirting around
the rules apply regardless
girls in pink, boys blue
Don’t go
flirting around
the traditional order is
We did not realise
it would make
such an impression
in our post-apartheid era
(where infant mortality is high)
We did not realise
confess the students
who black-bagged
an apartheid-past figure
(did a revolution transpire)
An apartheid-past figure
large as life all statuesque
not yet rubbished by far
out here in the windy colony
(does your tax-dollar sustain it)
We did not realise
apartheid is with usstill
bagged and unbagged
Doing the one (at a time)
protecting our morality
and our morals too
is suddenly fashionable
Doing the one (at a time)
one wife one husband
one husband one wife
Doing the one (at a time)
one boyfriend one girlfriend
one girlfriend one boyfriend
Doing the one (at a time)
one emperor one wife
one wife one emperor
(one president one man too)
Doing the one (at a time)
one South Africa one nation
one Azania one nation
He would lament
at the plight
of the black man
the black person
He would lament
a voice silenced
the late Steve Biko
apartheid-murdered
some 33 years ago
He would lament
a Namibiathat forgot
Anton Lubowski
apartheid-murdered
some 21 years ago
He would lament
role models too few
a brawl in Khayelitsha
at a meeting is what
we have on offer
He would lament
(onehopes) at the plight
of the black woman too
I’ll try to be slow
(girls and boys)
says a bureaucrat
dumbing us down
on my afternoon radio
I’ll try to be slow
coming over like
some tender proposal
on a steamy date
(Motown-style)
I’ll try to be slow
for your benefit
like we all take
our own African time
I’ll try to be slow
Freudian in its meaning
to myself anyway
in my native intellect
(Nothing premature
and the pushing
of ceremonial buttons
Plato-style)
- Page 1
- ››
NGO Services
