If you have liked the presidency of Jacob Zuma so far, you will love the possible future rule of his former wife, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. And while our Department of International Relations and Co-operation has been mute on the use by the Syrian government of poison gas on its own people, it has found the time and resources to provide Dr Zuma with the full blue light siren brigade on the basis that she is a "president". Not to be outdone in seeking her favour, the SA Police Service — despite conflicting versions of the event — used an alleged robbery in Houghton as an excuse to continue the state-funded protection to Zuma who holds no office of state. Readers of this column, unless they have lived in a cave for the past eight years, will be more than aware of the road to national ruin charted by Dr Zuma's former husband, Jacob. But he, it is fair to record, never really had a governing philosophy to speak of. He gave few clues before his presidential ascent about what he would ac...
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