Snuki Zikalala Is Ignorant

Farrel — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:50:00 -0400

And you can quote me on that. I had to put my head in my hands and breath deeply for a few seconds to avoid punching my monitor after reading this quote:

For instance people say there is no food in Zimbabwe but this is nonsense. There is food, it’s just very expensive.

I wouldn’t be suprised when told that bread is scarce in Harare he replies: “Let them eat cake”.

And it gets worse:

As serious as he was in 2005 after the Zimbabwean parliamentary elections when he told members of his SABC editorial staff that it was a lie that there was no food in Zimbabwe and that people were starving.

Back then he had told a group of journalists (and others) that during his stay in the Sheraton in Harare he had in fact enjoyed freshly baked bread rolls daily.

He added that he had also had no trouble ordering Johnny Walker Black and even mineral water. And what’s more, he insisted triumphantly, he had even got room service to bring it to him so what the hell was everyone on about?

I can’t believe this political apparatchik is still in charge of SABC News.

Update: Dumbed-down SABC still its ANC master’s voice

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Snuki Zikalala Is Ignorant