Don't forget the pain of being ghosted after a few dates when you thought things were going well. People have always found ways to ignore others when they want to break up.
For Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi, it is the social media block button.
Lesufi unveiled his provincial executive this week. It excluded the second-largest party in the province, the DA, after coalition negotiations between the two collapsed.
But the long-awaited Cabinet announcement was nearly hijacked this week by dozens of requests from users on X for the premier to unblock them.
Those looking for love back were there to congratulate him for "putting the DA in its place", or wanted a fresh round to ridicule his decision-making.
In the marriage of convenience between the ANC and DA nationally, Lesufi abandoned the bride and turned to the forbidden mistress to do his bidding.
His minority government relies on goodwill and a "trust me, bro" pact with the EFF and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), two parties the government of national unity left in the relative political wilderness with its formation.
Lesufi has breathed new life into a predicted death of EFF power at local government level and legitimised a rudderless MK, which is in structural shambles.
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