Vera was happy to see the political maturity and tolerance that was displayed during the great Richard Maponya's funeral. Just a few decades ago, you could not have ANC leaders sharing the same stage with the IFP's Inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi in Soweto.

Mzantsi people can be so dramatic, waitsi.

In all of this excitement about tigers, alleged control freaks, slay queens and brown envelope journalists, Vera would like you to spare a thought for the ANC's integrity commission.

Don't you guys miss the good old days of Msholozi, mara?

So Vera finds herself in an unfamiliar space this week.

Gwede sells investors a pipe dream We live in the age of fake news, in which it is becoming increasingly hard to tell between fiction and a genuine news story. But even in these crazy times, you'd expect a government minister to be able to tell facts from fiction. One of Vera's favourite ministers, Gwede Mantashe, was in Perth, Australia, this week trying to entice investors into pouring their money in Mzansi's troubled mining industry.

Vera would not unsurprised to hear Magashule was pressured to issue the statement at midnight by his ideological guru and lifetime president who lives between the uThukela River and the Nkandla forest.

This agent is so feared that, not just one, but three intelligence agencies from three different countries conspired to do anything in their power to stop our super agent.

Vera apologises for going AWOL over the past two weeks.

Move over People's Bae, you can stick to your new job as Juju's chief marshal at mass rallies, it is Ringo's time now.