South Africa – The Movie

HELLO all - welcome to "South Africa - The Movie" premiere - note not the "premier". So, haul out the popcorn and Coke, and get ready for the ride of your life. You need not add spice to your popcorn because this column promises to be cheesy, cheesy enough!

- RAVI GOVENDER

Our country is undergoing a metamorphosis that is actually unprecedented. We are daily ear and eyewitnesses to parallel commissions whereby sensitive goings-on are being uncovered and laid bare unlike previous ones in which there was no real minute-by-minute live coverage.

In the Madlanga Commission and the ad hoc committee investigating irregularities alleged by a senior police official, dirty linen is being aired openly, shocking corruption is being unearthed for the citizenry to see firsthand.

I put it to you that not even the most award-winning Hollywood screenwriter could have envisaged a storyline such as is unfolding across our country currently. So captivating is it that even I, who had almost no interest in politics, have forsaken my usual weekly movies to unwind with from the rigours of daily existence.

By no means am I knowledgeable in the cut and thrust of political shenanigans, but neither am I ignorant of it. Just that of recent, I am receiving a crash course on the subject, and honestly things are crashing around us on a daily basis. Sacred cows are being slaughtered, errant politicos are being held to account, fear and intimidation are on the daily menu of our country. How did this originate?