Bruce's List
PETER BRUCE: Jacob Zuma’s final, and pathetic, struggle
Zuma’s defence is worse than the Boks’
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads. Casting himself as the victim of a conspiracy, just as he did when Thabo Mbeki fired him more than a decade ago, President Jacob Zuma has been out on the stump over the past few days railing against enemies in his own party, big business and the West as part of a plot to get rid of him. It worked a while ago but it won’t work now. He is too damaged (typically self-inflicted) now and he has damaged too many hopes in too many people after seven years in power. Nonetheless, he has the state machinery behind him (well, some powerful pieces of it) so if you think 2016 has been a rough year politically in SA, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Remember, Zuma’s primary aim in life is to avoid having to face the 783 counts of fraud against him. They were dropped back in 2009 on spurious grounds and they have effectively been reinstated by the Pretoria high court, which ruled the decision to drop them in the first place irrational. The only reason he isn’t i...
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