Another jab at 'Botox Helen'...
2009-02-19 23:02
Cape Town - It was at risk of becoming an old joke, but Finance Minister Trevor Manuel could not resist taking another jab at Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille's botox habit on Thursday.
After Manuel spoke in the budget debate in the National Assembly, the DA's Mike Ellis recalled the day the minister swore that the opposition party would not rule South Africa until "hens grew teeth".
To hilarity in the house, he went on to present Manuel with a photo-shopped picture of a hen sporting a full set of teeth.
Manuel laughed, shook Ellis's hand, took the picture and asked: "Is this the result of a facelift or of an injection of botulinum poison?"
On Wednesday, Manuel told a Cosatu-organised ANC rally in Cape Town that some political parties seemed unaware of the global economic crisis.
"They'll say to you, 'we've been too busy campaigning... Or, 'Maybe our leader's gone for new Botox or something, we're too busy to consider this crisis'."
Zille recently revealed that she has had Botox injections to eliminate lines on her face.
- SAPA