AN EXPERIMENT: a poem on the eve of South Africa's local government elections

Vote of Africa: Baring the Cross

There’s a broken boy

Lives on our street

Paints his face

Will dance for a sweet

His sign says “Thomas”

Got hit by a truck

Go to Steve Biko

Pretend to give a fuck

In the land of the Boers

They call it John Vorster

And they blame his mum

Say: Nobody forced her

He’s lucky of course

There’s money round here

They throw him a Spur

An occasional beer

I say to the kids

Give him a wave

And Tom dances on

To an early grave

It’s voting day

X marks the spot

But not for Tom

He’s a have-not

There is an ideal world

Where Tom is a trooper

In an army of voters

Making life super

The EFF will give him land

The ANC may find a grand

And take it back

With the other hand

Sorry dancing boy

Your life ain’t fair

Your invisible legions

Are too much to share

Shocking video of building collapse in Nigeria which killed 67 South Africans.... after unidentified aircraft buzzed the building

Devastation: the scene in Itokun, Lagos

Extraordinary video of the collapse of the "prophet" TB Joshua's church in Nigeria on Friday. An unidentified aircraft flies past several times before Synagoque Church of all Nations in Itokun, Lagos simply imploded.

President Jacob Zuma confirmed in a statement on national televisions tonight, four days after the incident, that 67 South Africans died in the disaster. Yet strangely, local news sources today put the TOTAL death toll at 62.

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela, stricken Springbok rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen, colleague Jaco van der Westhuizen and EFF leader Julius Malema have all visited the site, where passports must be handed in on arrival. The building in question was an "overseas visitor" hostel. Reports suggest the building was being extended before the collapse.

TB Joshua claims to have predicted many tragedies, including the Malaysian Airlines disappearance and Michael Jackson's death. His supporters believe he can heal AIDS and cancer sufferers. He claikms the mysterious aircraft caused the collapse rather than the two-floor extension. The enormously popular preacher says: "I want to assure you, our God will get them, these agents of Satan."

He added: "Our terrain is stable. We have never had a building collapse in 30 years. There was a jet hovering at very close range."