The Great Msholozi

By Vusi Moloi © 2008

Schooled in the struggle’s page
Irrevocable cadre at young age
A natural leader by convocation
Mechanisms of natural selection
Instructed in the university of life
Like a humble soldier to serve them
Chanting Umshini Wami anthem

Adversarial elements bellicose
Unleashed to induce comatose
To chip away at his rare calibre
To resist with a chanting timbre
A forcible foray uncalled for
Deliberate attempts to misconstrue
His song of economic emancipation
The great Msholozi threatens
Systems of economic apartheid
With a spine-tingling Umshini Wami
To reclaim the political machine

It's honouring to pay deserved tribute
To the unconquerable Msholozi
To remain true to his people
To emancipate from economic apartheid
A beautiful tribute to humble beginnings
An insignia of a venerable servitor
The great Msholozi whose time has come


Contextual Commentary

The indomitable African mongoose eventually destroys his formidable adversary. The hard earned victory comes as a result of a painstaking analysis and mastery of the slick movements of a fearsome cobra. In a daring exercise, like a lightening barrage, the African mongoose stakes his claim to the crown by preempting the cobra’s resourceful attempts to inflict a lethal blow. It is this kind of meticulous attention to detail that earns him the ultimate victory on shifting grounds.
From The Indomitable Mongoose by Vusi Moloi © 2008, Canada.