Dear ANC delegates, There is nothing I will tell you today that, in your heart of hearts, you don't already know. You know that your comrade Jacob Zuma has made you, and all of us, poorer. Your children, nephews and nieces are unemployed. He has taken unemployment to its worst levels since 1994. Next year, on Zuma's watch, unemployment will rise to 28% for the general populace and a staggering 52% among youths - worse than it was when Nelson Mandela became president 23 years ago.

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