Jacob Zuma has reassured panicky ANC-appointed civil servants, saying that his demand that they stop blaming apartheid for their incompetence would only apply after 20 years of ANC rule. He said that blaming apartheid had provided job-security for thousands of incompetent cadres, adding that they had "at least four more years".
Zuma triggered mass panic amongst loyal party cadres last week when he announced that that they could no longer blame apartheid for their catastrophic incompetence.
However this morning he reassured them, saying that their Grade 4 mathematics skills lay at the root of the misunderstanding.
"I said 'after two decades'," explained Zuma. "And if you add 20 years to 1994 you get, er, you get..."
A presidential aide consulted a calculator and confirmed that 1994 plus 20 years was 2014.
"Which means ANC cadres have at least four more years of being able to blame apartheid for not doing their jobs," said Zuma.
Asked if incompetent civil servants could start blaming the ANC from 2015 onwards, given the party's complete inability to create a functioning education system or efficient, non-corrupt civil service, Zuma said that they could try as long as they had "a taste for teargas and rubber bullets".
Meanwhile the President's message has been echoed by Minister With No Real Job, Trevor Manuel, who urged the country's citizens to take responsibility.
Audience members said they were not sure what "responsibility" was, but added that they were always happy to take anything as long as it was free or if the ANC could quash theft charges afterwards.
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