A personal journal pertaining to life in South Africa, with a some very useful links for people living here.

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Huh.

We were about to leave home. The car door wasn't even closed yet.

My daughter: "Put on the heater! Put on the heater"!
"We don't need a heater...."
"I'm FREEZING!"
"Well why aren't you wearing a jersey?"
"Because nothing goes with this outfit."

(I swallow, pause, then quietly:) "What about that nice jacket I bought you?"

"Huh!"

It wasn't the 'Huh'. It was the sidelong look that went with it. Fleeting, but enough to convey pity, disdain, my total lack of comprehension and finality. THAT is the look I want to see on every ANC face when the subject of Jacob Zuma's presidency is raised.

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