Whether Jesus ever did in fact come back from the dead is irrelevant in my heathen world. But read as a fairy tale (have I got the Bible-bashers frothing at the mouth yet?) and considering Julius Malema's apparent detachment from reality (it's over, get over it already) I dare to conflate this long-held tale of Jesus's betrayal, death and resurrection with this enfant terrible of the ANC's own woes.
As many of us have been indoctrinated through Christian scripture, the last supper is painted as the scene of great drama, where the fruit of immaculate conception dined with his followers, broke bread, drank some wine and singled out his betrayer . Makes me wonder - were there any 'last suppers' for Jules? Judging from his ever-growing boep I'm sure he's had many an indulgent dinner, complete with Johnny Walker purple (or which ever fucking colour whiskey is most obscenely over-priced these days), lobsters, sushi and naked women-plates. Surely the whinging, soon-to-be former ANCYL leader shared a meal with his ex-pal, Jacob Zuma. But did his little brain (Julius's) ever ponder the prospect his one time mentor, surrogate father and hero would politically 'off' him? In the dog-eat-comrade world of SA politics the possibility, at times certainty, of your mates stabbing you in the back should never be too far from politicians' minds. At one stage JZ and Jules must have shared at least a few candlelit dinners together, staring lovingly into each others eyes, sharing political ideas, trading insider secrets on how to cling to power, influence friends and make even more enemies. Were soft, romantic words shared as they played with their food and may've precariously sucked up the same strand of spaghetti, which brought their lips dangerously close to a kiss (Lady and the Cramps) ? Was there profound, orotund religious-speak, on par with JC's prophetic, 'I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me'?.
Surely Jules must've had a vision of his demise? Perhaps an angel, clad in an ANC t-shirt (made in China, of course) descended from Luthuli House and bestowed upon him a message from upon high, 'Thou time is almost up, Comrade'.
Jule's believes he's being crucified. And maybe he is. Who knows or even cares these days. He will very likely be 'put to death'. His spear of destiny, dislodged from the ANC's emblem, may render him politically dead. It may also martyr him, much like Jesus was. This could see him rise from the dead to walk the earth and sow panic and march towards economic freedom once again, with his disciples firmly behind him, their eyes glazed over. In the Bible of politics, resurrections are abundant. Even JZ pulled a Jesus and now leads a country.
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