David Kapp, Belthorn Estate
On this day
On this day
we are urged
repeatedly
on morning SAFM radio
to honour the country’s
first president’s ideals
On this day
On no other day
Not yesterday
Not tomorrow
but
On this day
a Mandela Day
worldwide
in every ghetto
of the mind
On this day
in South Africa’s
Mandela Month
when we sound-byte
ritually prescriptively
in the glare of the selfie
On this day
no abuse of women
no abuse of children
no human rights abuses
no delinquency
no smoking even
not just
for 67 minutes
but
on this day
not just
on this day
but
every day
in your life
Is this just
