EDITORIAL: Zuma ruling a victory for democracy
Deputy judge president rules Zuma must pay own legal costs in corruption case
For over a decade, the taxpayer has had to bear the burden of former president Jacob Zuma’s attempt to stay out of jail and cover up his alleged misdeeds. During the height of his power, the idea that the day would come when he would have to repay the state for this was inconceivable. The whole idea of him facing his day in court was also hard to imagine. But events in recent weeks are increasingly showing that the wheel has turned for Zuma and the accountability he tried to evade for so long is beckoning. More than anything, it’s a victory for SA’s democracy and the hope that the country can regain the ideals and hopes that accompanied the birth of the new nation in the mid-1990s. With good reason, much of the discourse about where we are now is focused on the economic promise deferred. The success in building vital institutions of democracy in a short period was often overlooked and underappreciated. That’s until it started to look like we were going to lose them.
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