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Believing a Zuma exit will end all problems is fantastic fallacy
When Zuma GoesRalph MathekgaPenguin Books As more details emerge about the extent of the Gupta family’s hold on the reins of power in the highest office of the land and at a key state-owned company, voices clamouring for President Jacob Zuma’s resignation are reaching a crescendo. But, warns political analyst Ralph Mathekga in his impeccably timed book, what eludes many people about Zuma is why he has no match within the ANC — "someone who is able to get rid of him". "There is no doubt that Zuma has been a step ahead since the day he set foot in the Union Buildings, perhaps even before then," he writes. Mathekga’s only misstep, which should not detract from his excellent analysis of the political culture in SA and the ANC that produces leaders such as Zuma, is that he predicted the Hawks would not expedite a criminal case against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Mathekga’s portrait of the political system and society that gives rise to a leader such as Zuma is crucial for understand...
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