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ANC election manifesto is Time Warp from 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'

PRETORIA. The ANC had denied that its recently revealed election manifesto is a badly plagiarized version of 'The Time Warp' from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. However it has acknowledged that its new policy is "just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right", and calls on cadres to put their hands on their hips and bring their knees in tight.

Political commentators had been eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the new manifesto amid growing speculation over whether the ANC would promise its voters unbridled bliss or the granting of three wishes.

However many pundits say they were extremely unsettled by the unveiling of the manifesto last week as it seemed to have been lifted intact from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The unveiling took place at the Queen Amidala of Naboo Stadium in the Eastern Cape, where ANC President Jacob Zuma told thousands of supported that it was astounding how time was fleeting and how madness had taken its toll.

He asked voters to listen closely, not for very much longer, adding that he was determined to keep control.

He also warned the ANC faithful to be on its guard against subversive forces.

"I was walking down the street just having a think when a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink," said Zuma.

He said it had shaken him up and taken him by surprise, and added that the man had had "a pick-up truck and devil's eyes".

He would neither confirm nor deny that he was referring to the leadership of COPE.

However observers said they became suspicious when Zuma urged the audience to take a jump the left and then a step to the right in 2009, after which they should put their hands on their hips and bring their knees in tight.

"But it was the pelvic thrust that really drove them insane," said one observer who wished to remain anonymous.

"And that's when we realised he was doing the Time Warp again."

Meanwhile the ANC has strongly denied any plagiarism, but has promised to follow up on the similarities between its policy document and The Rocky Horror Picture Show to make sure there has been "no mischief caused by recently deposed sweet transvestites from transsexual Transkei".