Cope Manifesto Launch

So I let myself be talked into attending the Cope manifesto launch by Laura, yes she of http://laura-land.blogspot.com/ do pay her visit if you will. Anyway, it turned out to be an interesting outing. The following picture was taken last. The kids were waving the Cope poster as they sang: “iCope yethu, ayina mashower, ayina umshini”. That apparently translates into something along the lines of our Cope, does not have showers, does not have the machine [gun]. Kids do say the darnest things; of course they hear it from the adults.
On arrival at the venue, it became apparent from the number of cars, buses and taxis that the crowd inside the stadium will be a sizeable one.

Inside the stadium I was struck by queues of people who did not seem to be making their way onto the field or to the stands. On enquiry, I discovered that the queues were for the Cope T-shirts. In the scorching sun, they stood in those long lines just so that they can get a Cope T-shirt. I am not sure what to make of that.

Inside the stadium one was greeted by an almost carnival atmosphere. There were crowds everywhere and all seem relaxed while the speeches were droning on.

And of course there were more, all ages, shapes and sizes.

All in all it was an interesting affair. With the leadership having a merrier time, much hugging and kissing. And how cool is that car?

There will be more political get togethers in the run up to the elections and I cannot wait to take my camera to each one of the accessible ones. In the meantime, do register to vote and go get a government you deserve.