The ANC held a gala dinner in Polokwane on the 7^th January in the runup to their annual mastubarory celebrations of their founding. With tables being sold for up to R1.2 million to pay outstanding salaries, Squirrel Ramaphosa, no great orator, was about to bore the audience with his keynote address when the power failed.  This made lots of people happy.  The RET faction quietly cheered along with the doomsayers outside of the ANC tent.  The group that smiled the most were those there that could get on with their drinking and not having to be bored by Squirrel’s laborious speech as is his style.

For once, that poster child of ANC incompetence – Eskom – wasn’t to blame, but sabotage which made the reference to Götterdämmerung particualy apt.

After weeks of speculation as to whether he would play in the 2022 Australian Open given his refusal to get vaccinated, Novac Djokovic landed in Australia on the 5^th of January.  He was immediately detained for hours before authorities took him to a government detention hotel for failure to comply with Australian entry regulations with respect to Covid.

The good news is that 2022 seems to be the year that we finally get Covid under control and learn to live with what we can’t control.  Although SA’s vaccination rates have been low – only 28% fully vaccinated and 0.8% boosted – we are probably approaching herd immunity.  The SA Medical Research Council estimates Covid deaths at nearly 300,000 or more than 3x the official death figures which implies that most people have already been infected.  This is borne out by random sampling for antibodies and that our recent fourth wave which hardly caused a ripple.

For all those who partied like it was 2019, I wish you a speedy recovery.

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Kahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone.

I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older.

One of my favourite places to be is in Suspense ! It really gets the adrenaline flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age, I need all the stimuli I can get !

I may have been in Continent, but I don’t remember what country that was in. It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.