"That would be a logical next step," Gramsci admitted. "After all, that portfolio was once held by a comrade who famously declared that wife beating was not a serious crime." Teh Cow wondered if uMalume beat his wives. That was, after all, as much a part of "Zulu culture" as some of the other things he'd quoted during the trial. But then, so was belonging to Inkatha, and she wasn't sure uMalume was prepared to go that far for his "culture".
"Then again," she mused, "I'm sure Manto would offer him something in the Ministry of Health. After all those emails circulating about the two of them going into business to produce garlic-flavoured shower gel as HIV prevention, I'm sure they've realised they're onto something!"
"But what about the Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry?" asked Gramsci. "He's made showers awfully popular!" The Cow sighed. Her mind was still two steps behind. "I'm beginning to think there might be something to all this conspiracy theory talk of factions after all," she mused. "If uMalume knew about the HIV-cidic properties of showers, why didn't he share that information with Parks, and save him from that painful death of poverty?"