ST(agn)ATE OF THE NATION

I opted not to watch the state of the nation address last night. just like every other state of the nation before that. i just wait for the bullet point summary published in newspapers and on websites the next day, it's all you need really. President jacob zuma stood aloft the onlooking crowd of delegates, do-gooders, and do-nothings alike with his dreary gift of gab belting out a few well-known yaatnommes we're all too familiar with. jacob zuma you star.  i don't think his name deserves a capital J or capital Z as that only applies to proper nouns and not (in this case) a stagnant noun. does he ever begin with "the state of the nation is…" or does he begin with high-brow lingo to woo the crowds and academic scholars? nevertheless, after reading this morning the basic plot its just another case of jz stating the obvious, points that any troll or za-hating/loving self-proclaimed political analyst on the news24 comments section could've said. i'm not gona go into detail about this do, you can read the entire thing here.

the SONA should be released as a checklist so we as a nation can tick off all the promises and ideas posed to the country at large.

if you think about it the state of the nation address feels like an intricate and detailed journal entry.

"dear diary, feeling bit down this day, Apartheid spatial patterns still persist in our towns and cities. Municipalities alone cannot deal with the challenges. We need a national approach."

Leme make a 3-point turn 'ere :

"Working together we can do more to create a better Africa and a better world." - er = as opposed to what, each bra maaching on his ace?

"The citizens of our country have a right to expect that their democratic state will exercise its authority in defence of the Constitution that so many struggled so long and hard for. We cannot disappoint this expectation." - but you will

this was uttered by ol' faithful at a The New Age breakfast:

"I don't think as a nation we just became violent overnight. Violence is a direct consequence of apartheid. Apartheid was a very violent system. So violent that even if you peacefully demonstrated, they would shoot at you and kill you" - watte stront is die?? blaming apartheid? ad nauseum mate, you cant wana point fingers at apartheid no more, you'll never figure out what makes people violent so don't bother but you should bother to try figure out how to reduce crime considerably and how to better deal with offenders. maybe the chair? "yo oscar, pull up a chair!"
honorable members of the chair. tjé. tjémin of the bød. anyhow.

hey maybe the speakers at Design Indaba will pose ideas on how design can change the world.
perhaps we should get more graffiti artists to do politically charged murals and tags in rural areas.

i am officially a self-proclaimed political analyst and forecaster.

The state of the nation is… in a state.