While we might hope that this year will be remembered for World Cup 2010, political antics might steal the show.

How about this one as the first big gambit of the year:
KING Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s lawyer has officially notified President Jacob Zuma that the AbaThembu nation intend to withdraw from South Africa early next year.

And the King is claiming much of South Africa for his new State – all of the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Northern Cape and parts of the Free State and Gauteng.
Lawyer Votani Majola, who heads the King Dalindyebo Justice Task Team (KDJTT), submitted the notice to the Office of the Presidency yesterday.
full story from Daily Dispatch Online here