NATASHA MARRIAN: Jacob Zuma up to his opportunistic tricks again
When Zuma strikes in the midst of a crisis, it is always with the potential benefit to his personal interests and ends in mind, writes Natasha Marrian
President Jacob Zuma is a great one for identifying opportunity in times of crisis. Hence his letter to the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Shaun Abrahams, asking for reasons why he should not be suspended. It is also the reason the ANC national working committee will meet party veterans who are worried about the directionless state of the governing party, instead of meeting Zuma by himself, which they expressly requested. He performed a similar feat when a notification on February 3 announced the president had "proposed a solution" on the Nkandla matter — due to be heard in the Constitutional Court less than a week later. His "solution" after two years of obfuscation and political manoeuvring, which compromised the integrity of the ANC, Cabinet ministers and Parliament and dented the ability of the public protector to carry out her work, was an agreement to pay back the money for Nkandla. Zuma was made aware of an intelligence dossier alleging a "rogue unit" was ac...
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