JUSTICE MALALA: Zuma has reshaped our political landscape, perhaps for the better
'The tide is turning. The Zuma bet that South Africans will sit and watch while their country is stolen is falling apart. New movements are being born'
And so now we are here. No one likes the president. He cannot speak in the Free State or many other places in this country. His comrades boo him. The ANC, the organisation that suckled and raised him, is rent down the middle. Half of his comrades are ashamed of him. The other half detest him, too, but want to steal along with him. He is afraid of his comrades. In parliament, if the bid for a secret ballot in a motion of no confidence succeeds, they might walk away from him. He knows that this is a distinct possibility. This might be the end of him. He does not know whom to trust. He is paranoid and he is afraid.So, now we are here. The president’s security detail is so massive he looks like he is a leader of a banana republic. He believes his comrades are plotting against him, that his enemies want to kill him, that his wives want to kill him. He is lonely. Those who speak to him now are those with whom he plots and machinates. This is where we are now. South Africa is leaderless, c...
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