Led By A Gang Poem by Margaret Alice Second

A country always gets the leader it deserves
so we, South Africans, deserve our President
& Government, their corruption only reflects
the mass corruption of our people - the only
difference between the old and new regimes
is - the old knew fairytales, while stealing the
golden eggs, did not slay the goose that lays
them - while the new government is led by

A gang who doesn't know fairytales, stealing
the golden eggs and slaying the goose laying
them - so in the end nothing's left - Africans
reject Western politics: democracy's foreign,
a meaningless term, human-rights means to
destroy with no responsibility; accountability
means that the Zulu-King-President is only
accountable to himself: How much can he

Grab & get away with - this also defines his
cabinet, loyalty to the feudal Zulu-king - and
to the Private Sector it means how much to
increase tenders for services not delivered,
wealthy entrepreneurs see the Government
as a lame duck begging to be fleeced; Zuma
sees the country as a feudal Zulu stronghold
and Western principles are just deterrents to

Prevent Africans from having fun - how can it
be else when the hypocritical West preached
human rights, democracy and religion without
ever extending these privileges to the African
people in the past - when the Bible was used
to refuse sharing equally with the indigenous
peoples; ethics and morality are empty terms
just used to indicate a Pharisee in the making