Thoughts about Julius Malema in Oyster Bay

I was thinking about beginning this entry with the astonishing news that Julius Malema said something sensible like: "Former white public servants should return to the service to speed up service delivery." However I realised that such a weak April Fool's joke would be spotted immediately.

That is enough thinking about Julius. I can already feel a deadly dullness creeping into my brain.

So I made it to Oyster Bay at about 8pm last night after I left my home at 8am. I was picked up in Jeffreys Bay by the Laughing One, His Chick and his two lovely daughters, the Very Clever One and the One Who Will Be Famous.

But before I get to Oyster Bay some last thoughts about Jeffreys. I did eventually meet some Afrikaners there. When they heard I was a journalist all they wanted me to write was ha the death penalty should be restored to curb violent crime.

I am all for the death penalty. If nothing else it will reduce the prison population and our prisons are fairly overpopulated. Will it will deter crime? The jury is out on that score and passions are likely to become inflamed on both sides of the divide on the issue so I will leave it alone.

So back to Oyster Bay. It is a gem of a place with only about 250 houses, a small convenience store and one bar. Perfect for getting away from it all. So perfect that we had to drive to St Francis Bay to do grocery shopping.

St Francis is a another picturesque rich man's hangout. A pretty girl in Jeffreys once remarked that St Francis is where Afrikaners go to speak English to each other. And St Francis is indeed as English as Jeffreys is Afrikaans. Although I did meet a Darkie businessman in Jeffreys who wanted to buy a property there. He said the town was changing and that many Darkies invested there. I did not see any other evidence of this, so I had to take his word for it.

Here in Oyster Bay we are keenly awaiting the arrival of the Writer an his Chick and the Fridge Guy. Tonight we will braai a delicious fish, a Geelbek I think, and have our witty conversations that nobody will remember tomorrow.

I will do my best to remember some of it. The Fridge Guy just arrived so that is me for today.