Any fool can be a president, even Jacob Zuma, says Julius Malema
The EFF leader says presidents just go around cutting ribbons, adding that SA has ‘a stupid president’ and there is ‘the most stupid president in America’
Presidents are just people who go around cutting ribbons and any "fool" can be one‚ including President Jacob Zuma. This is according to EFF leader Julius Malema who told the BBC that just like anyone else he could also be a president. "I think I can be a president … presidents are just individuals who go around and cut ribbons. You ought to surrender yourself with the best team … I am not a PhD graduate‚ but my spokesperson is a PhD graduate. You need that. Any fool can be president. We have a stupid president. There’s the most stupid president in America‚" Malema said. Speaking about the ANC elective conference in December‚ Malema said it would signal the end of the ruling party. "[It] will serve as a burial for the ANC because for the first time you have many people contesting to be president of the ANC. You’ve got a situation where lower structures are engaged in physical fights before the conference. We are likely to see a conference that will collapse‚ that is going to be disp...
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