Thanks to the visionary leadership, flawless moral principles, and universal popularity of ANC President Jacob Zuma, South Africa is in a "totally excellent" state at the moment, a sock-puppet of State President Thabo Mbeki told a special sitting of Parliament in Cape Town today.
Speaking in Jacob Zuma's accent, with Jacob Zuma's fingers making his lips move inside the sock, the sock-puppet of the State President delivered his traditional State of the Nation address to rapturous applause from Jacob Zuma supporters, as well as Thabo Mbeki supporters worried about not having a job when Zuma starts running the country.
While the sock-puppet of President Mbeki acknowledged that the nation was currently experiencing an electricity crisis, a water crisis, a stock market crisis, an investment crisis, a leadership crisis, a security crisis and a business confidence crisis, he quickly added: "It's all my fault, because none of it would have happened if I hadn't fired Jacob Zuma from his post as deputy president, or spent so much time researching stuff on the Internet instead of singing Umshini Wam."
The sock-puppet of the State President then launched into a rousing version of Umshini Wam, before tendering his resignation as State President and inviting Jacob Zuma to get up from under the table and take his place.
