Jacob Zuma is one of five presidents who make Americans feel better about theirs
It’s not a good sign when your country’s leader is listed with Donald Trump‚ whose approval rating hovers near 40%. President Jacob Zuma was bestowed that dubious honour recently‚ when Time Magazine compiled a list of five world leaders less popular with their citizens than the embattled American president. South Africans with a penchant for dark comedy will be heartened to see Zuma making the cut‚ with Time pegging his approval rating "at an all-time low of 20%" in the seven major metropolitan areas. More eye-popping is the number of South Africans who want him to resign: an astounding 70%. While the article lists the country’s slumping economy as part of the reason for the low approval ratings‚ it blames the president too. "But it’s Zuma himself who’s the bigger problem‚" the article reads‚ listing the nearly 800 charges of corruption against him‚ his patronage networks and the expulsion of well-respected ministers as among the myriad reasons that only one in five urban South Afri...
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