The South African Elections

The President of the SA government announced the date for elections: Wednesday 22 April 2009.

He couldn't have picked a worse date if he tried.


Not only is it a Wednesday, but he selected the only week in April that was until then a full working week.

So far we have public holidays on 10th, 13th and 27th April, not to mention 1st May. Now add 22 April and the traditional "National Productivity Week" from 27th April to 1st May, becomes National Productivity Month, from 1st April to 1st May.

That's 17 working days in a month. Can you guess when I'm scheduling my leave for?