Publicity ploys centred on visiting dead heroes’ gravesites stink, to say the least. But it’s election time and all kinds of characters are coming out of their crypts to woo the gullible voters among us.
President Jacob Zuma lays a wreath at the grave of Albert Mvumbi Luthuli in Groutville, KwaZulu-Natal, in 2017.
A few weeks ago, the families of Zuma’s former comrades threw a collective tantrum over his planned visit to the graves of their kin. It makes one wonder why a man would be held in so much contempt that these relatives would express such ire at learning of his planned visits. Makaziwe Mandela, Madiba’s eldest daughter, apparently wanted to put these items up for auction to raise funds for the creation of a memorial garden at the late statesman’s final resting place in Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
As I sit here in an unstylish, candle-lit bar writing this, I’m dead sure there’s a bottle of dirt occupying pride of place in some Brit’s cupboard in faraway cold and wet London. It’s a miracle that none of these entrepreneurs has sold us bags of air branded The Air Mandela Breathed. As part of his planned programme in the far north, the country’s ex-number one citizen wanted to do a stopover at the graves of Collins Chabane and Peter “Dambuza” Malada. But upon learning of Zuma’s plan, their families lost it completely, making it clear that he was not welcome. His plan was labelled “un-African”.The family of his late former comrade Chris Hani also went ballistic upon getting wind of his plans to set foot at the slain SACP leader’s grave in Boksburg.
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