By Cat Pritchard
Welcome to another episode of “Grab the Money and Go”
where the viewer is the loser
and SABC steals the show
in this week’s ep, watch Zapiro’s doccie get the boot
and see how the SABC claims M&G stole the loot
last month, as we all remember, Isidingo wanted to dash
claiming this SA darling never received any of the cash
then Snuki pitched up to deliver his lines for the show
at first announcing
then renouncing
finally pouncing
like a true fat cat
making a big stink only to look around for the industry rat
how glad we are that another episode gets to play out on the public stage
God bless the soapie genre and the worldwide information age
for allowing these characters so Bald and Beautiful
to act out the Days of their Lies
complete with rehearsed gestures and a glint in their eyes
Yes it’s true, we weren’t deceived, we were all privy to the act
but now that the credits are rolling, we can’t but help choke on the fact
that Vuka Sizwe! we must do or pay the current going rate
R1.5 billion, I believe, is what will be billed by state
because they gave the SABC a licence to steal from the public pocket
but didn’t give them the mandate to shout: Pull the damn plug from the socket!
(By the way, on any other given day, doesn’t this saga smack of SAA?)