On Another Planet

There are three newly-discovered planets up there. They are Planet Msomi, Planet Monare, and Planet Letsoalo. S’thembiso “SM” Msomi sends a strangely smoky signal from his way-out orbit to the City Press. Moshoeshoe “Looney Tunes” Monare transmits from his weird region to the Independent (of reality) Newspapers. Matuma “M-L” Letsoalo sends his crackly and distorted short-wave to the Mail and Guardian. These three planets are not “aligned”, as the astrologers say. So, for example, COSATU First Vice-President Joe Nkosi, seen from Planet Msomi, appears as a “Zuma Supporter”, whereas from Planet Letsoalo the same Joe Nkosi is positively identified as an “Mbeki Supporter”. Back on Planet Earth it is plain to see that Joe Nkosi is no more or less than a COSATU man. See the link below for COSATU President Willie Madisha’s article published in the Comment section of Friday's Mail and Guardian. Comrade Madisha will be giving a Press Conference today at 12h00 at the Coastlands Hotel, West Street, Durban following the SADTU PEC meeting there. For further details please see the bottom of the same linked document. Most of the journalists in South Africa are ignoring the cacophony emanating from the three wacky new planets, because they are familiar with COSATU and with its solid and valuable place within the South African polity. See the article by Karima Brown and Amy Musgrave, linked below. One of the two soldiers captured by Hezbollah (the Party of God) last month, and still in captivity, is a born and bred South African. How many more of the Israeli colonialist armed forces are white South Africans would be interesting to know. William Lind is a US military expert with a particular interest in what he calls “4GW”, or in other words fourth generation warfare. The meaning of this is quite clear within his article on the recent defeat of the Israeli colonialists by the armed forces of the Party of God, linked below. Tomorrow is the day of the SACP Johannesburg Central Branch AGM, due to start at 10h00 in the SATAWU offices, 13th floor, Old Mutual Building, 29 Kerk Street, between Loveday and Harrison Streets, Johannesburg. Hence there will be no CU distribution tomorrow. Click on these links: Economics, politics and Cosatu, Willie Madisha, Mail and Guardian (947 words) COSATU says no divisions in leadership, Brown and Musgrave, B Day (482 words) Captured Israeli soldier born in SA, Paula Slier, The Star (682 words) Beaten - Why the IDF Lost in Lebanon, William Lind, Counterpunch (911 words)