South Africa: Leading the world stage...

You have to be proud of our nation! We have this impressive reconciliation after one of history's worst oppressive regimes, we have Idols in its fourth season, we have competitive national sports teams and we have a Heritage Day that is eclipsed by a day dedicated to our famous traditional style of grilling meat outdoors, which also happens to be the only remaining legacy left by the previously mentioned oppressive government. It's great.

We also have great weather and belter chicks...

However, beyond all this we have another great south africanism. We have an amazing ability to make headlines. We dominate world press like Tiger Woods does sunday final rounds when in the lead. It must be admitted that I think the people are laughing at us rather than celebrating us...

Police Academy was a breeze..!

Take our Chief of Police for example, Jackie Selebi. He is a celebrated struggle hero that has the tough job of being head cop, he carries a pistol AND he is President of Interpol. That's right people, go check out www.interpol.int. Our man, Jack is the President of the World's Police force! Ie: Aliens hijack a shuttle, he arrests them... However, he also is rumoured to be heavily involved in SA's underground crime syndicates...



Meet Vusi Pikoli. An advocate that now heads up the National Prosecuting Authority. In other words the big dog that decides who should be prosecuted in this country. Rockstar...

Then we have our President, the quietly diplomatic Thabo Mbeki and our Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Bridget Mabandla. I am not sure exactly what she does (or him for that matter) but she does get a cavalcade of black BMWs with flashing blue lights which has to be the mainest job perk imaginable.

Now here is where this becomes international media. Old Vusi gets fired by Big boss Thabo for having an irretrievable breakdown in his working relationship with Bridget. It then becomes known that Vusi was actually on the verge of arresting bigman Jackie for his involvement in organised crime.

Speculate what you will but something is seriously amiss here...