The elephant in the room

Taken from venitism.blogspot.com

The elephant in the room refers to that blatantly obvious awkward situation that everyone chooses to ignore. What I can’t understand is why the citizens of South Africa are choosing to ignore the fact that our president revels in polygamy. Don’t get me wrong, if that is your culture fine, but if you are the leader and representative of a country whose Constitutions declares polygamy as unjust an immoral, then something is hugely wrong.

Taken from anglican-mainstream.net

What gets to me even more is that tax payers are responsible for the presidential wife’s allowance, which was intended for one wife. We now pay for four (not to mention countless children). The remaining three of his wives, in accordance to SA legislation are not recognised as legal marriages. So why do we put up with this? Is it because we feel we have no say? Or could it be that in South Africa, a president is allowed to do whatever he wants, despite what the people who placed him in power think?

Maybe I’m wrong in what I’m saying, but the way I see it, it is a complete joke. It shames me to have a president of this calibre who does not care about anyone he governs. No wonder South Africa has such a laughable reputation. From a PR professionals point of view, it is seriously embarrassing that things such as a polygamist president who believes a shower can cure AIDS and a Secrecy Bill that shuts people up despite its contradiction to our Constitution and so-called Democracy is allowed. For once I take the stance of the poacher, as this elephant in the room needs to be taken care of!