S’THEMBISO MSOMI: The second coming of Jacob Zuma as the black messiah
At the tail-end of his recent interview with Sunday Times political editor Sibongakonke Shoba, Jacob Zuma left the journalist and his audiovisual crew with an injunction: “But never forget that you are black,” he said in Zulu before repeating it in English. “Defend the black who has been enslaved, colonised ... I am just saying, my brother, help the black man to be an equal to those who employ us a lot.”
It was a strange instruction to give to a journalist whose job is merely to report the story. But it was also vintage Zuma — race-baiting not only to gain the sympathy of the reporters, but also to win the hearts and minds of those who would be watching or listening to the interview as a podcast...
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