Theatre of the Absurd

ROMAN HOLIDAY*:Julius Malema has rewarded himself after his victory at the ANCYLElective Conference with a holiday to Italy. Frans ESTERHUYSE suggests here that the crumbling Colosseum in Rome might remind young Juju of his own construction work done by questionable contract in Limpopo province.

*ROMAN HOLIDAY (noun poetic/literary): An occasion on which enjoyment or profit is derived from others' suffering or discomfort. ORIGIN: early 19th centuary, from Byron's Childe Harold, originally with reference to a holiday given for a gladiatorial combat.