Bruce's List: Zuma is fighting on all fronts with an army of incompetents
Bruce’s List: A daily guide to informed reads.South Africa is in a bad, bad place. You have only to look at the ministerial task team President Jacob Zuma has compiled to “deal” with the current student unrest to understand that he is preparing for something dramatic. The ministers of intelligence, security, defence and justice are in it. The minister of finance is not. It is hard to escape the suspicion that the president is preparing to crack down hard to keep universities open and soon, if it is not already the case, a crackdown will have wide public support. Could Zuma declare a state of emergency (on the campuses or in the wider country) to regain control? Soon he may have no option.But it is what could happen under a state of emergency that matters. Zuma is under enormous political pressure and may find he is unable to control his own succession — a vital position for him as he must ensure the election of a leader of party and country who will make sure he survives the fraud c...
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