Husbands soon catch on that their wives possess a fine-tuned intellect – and, I believe, a seventh sense. That’s why it surprises me that married politicians get away with acting like idiots.
Don’t their wives pull them up and show them the way to go, especially when it concerns the public they should be serving?
At one time I was chairman of a branch of a political party. Not for long. My Heidi stepped in, and thankfully I embarked on a career giving me great satisfaction and one in which money didn’t play a role.
Take the sofa debacle. What did Cyril’s wife make of it? Did she go off pop and accuse him of being more than stupid? In my case, each time Heidi finds small change, toffee and Grandpa powder wrappers and split toothpicks stuck behind my Lazy Boy, she throws a wobbly.
Imagine what the sport minister’s spouse said when she found he was planning to build a giant flag pole costing R22-million. Surely, dumber you can’t get. How could she explain his action to her friends over high tea? It’s noticeable he hasn’t said a word about anything since he was ridiculed in parliament. His wife’s input surely helped seal his lips.
What of poor old Jacob Zuma? More than one wife to contend with. With their collective intellect he must be left dumbfounded. They probably give him a hard time every time he packs for Pietermaritzburg, but in his case, they probably accept he’s forced to do so to stay out of prison.
He must find the outing sweet relief after the combined concubine attacks.
The police chief undoubtedly prefers facing the mobs to staying home being verbally lashed for his utterings about the rape incident on the mine dump. If Heidi’s response is anything to go by, the chief’s wife must’ve exploded with disgust.
I never dreamt I’d ever say it’s time for more women to enter politics. With any luck a Thuli Madonsela among them.
At last, a real ‘honourable member’. Just to witness the trade union fat cat bosses and Malema shiver and shake in their Italian shoes, will make the appointment worthwhile.
In any case, there’s no way she would lay herself bare to the dumb, half-witted and brainless actions performed by her male contemporaries.
