The last ANC national executive committee meeting, followed closely by the ANC policy conference, left most South Africans feeling that although under pressure, President Jacob Zuma remains untouchable for now — while our economy collapses, joblessness and poverty increase and the rest of the world rates us as junk.
Yet his own narratives give us an indication of his Achilles heel. One hint came in his recent speech to the MK Military Veterans Association, in which he warned of the sporadic rise of civil rights groups.