Local satirical news site Hayibo.com, South Africa’s very own version of The Onion, has done very well this week.

Check this out from Hayibo.com:

Rival ANC party to have better deejays, will be “off the hook”

PRETORIA. ANC members loyal to ousted president Thabo Mbeki say if they form a new party, it will be “way better” than the party organized by current ANC leaders, with pumping drum-and-base deejays, a chill room, a large selection of finger snacks and drinks out on the patio, and a grand finale where thousands of balloons will be dropped from the ceiling.

Mbeki and most of his supporters are currently living in tents on the banks of the Jukskei River, but spokesman Pinkerton Makulu denied that they had been evicted from their ministerial residences and were rather engaged in a bosberaad to plan their rival party.

He also rubbished reports that Mbeki’s favourite suit had been eaten by slugs, which was why the former president was wearing a string vest and polyester jogging shorts.

However he conceded that the Zuma camp was currently living in buildings with flush toilets and not in tents, but said that the outdoor life had helped give Mbeki’s followers a fresh perspective on the value of service delivery and the more complex issues of modernity, such as how to keep raw sewerage away from the supply of drinking water.

Addressing the media from on top of a log, Makulu said that when Mbeki loyalists formed their own party it would be “off the hook”.

He said that the Zuma camp had showed that they had an outdated idea of how a party should be run.

This included a heavy reliance on parlour games, fruit punch, gift packs, an overwhelming appeal to populist sentiment, the silencing of dissent, and lots of sugary and starchy snacks.

“The modern party, if it is to be truly raging, needs to have at least two deejays. And foam,” said Makulu.

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I like that.

I’m fine with that.

[thanks shaun]