Why don’t we abort politicians?

They’re back, and worse than ever.
And no – it isn’t election posters which have taken up residence in towns.
It’s something far worse, but offering just as many false promises as the election manifestos. Abortion posters have sprung up faster than the long grass at the cemeteries around town. The eyesores are harder to avoid than a telesales rep!
Abortion posters could also be likened to foreigners. They sneak into the town undetected and are extremely hard to get rid of. Then again, sneaking over the border into South Africa isn’t the hardest thing to do. Just climb through the hole in the fence made by other foreigners who have already snuck across.
No need to bribe the officials on duty or sneak in via the boot of someone’s car. Once you are here, start a life, open a business and never become an official resident. Wait a minute – that’s exactly what the practitioners who offer these abortions do! Offering quick, easy and pain-free solutions, asking to meet in secret and swapping money for services in dingy alleyways, it almost sounds like a politician offering backdoor tenders or soliciting votes:
“Vote for us and we promise that you will have a pain-free life, quick and easy. No mess, no fuss. We’ll even throw in a free T-shirt!”
But what can be done to stop this plague of posters? Destroy them, of course. Forget about spoiling your ballot on May 7, spoil some abortion posters instead. You can tear them, scrape them off, even make your mark and put a cross over them if you wish, just help stop the scourge. Don’t you wish you could do that with some of the politicians too: just cross them off the list of people who should have power or even contest to have power. Maybe a few visits to these ‘doctors’ could have prevented a few of these politicians ever rising to power in the first place. But the upsurge in abortion posters makes one wonder just how many people support the trade. Surely if no one supported them, they wouldn’t be in business. Maybe the President, ol’ Bra Jacob, hit the nail on the head with his shower comment. No need to get tests done or visit dodgy medical practitioners – just take a shower and wash all your problems away.