JACOB ZUMA - A MOTLEY FOOL

The ANC's 104th anniversary celebrations kicked off with a cake cutting ceremony. President Zuma was joined by party dignitaries and traditional leaders for the orchestrated cake cutting session. It was a happy event in which the party elite and invited guests each enjoyed a slice of actual cake, appreciably dissimilar from generous "slices of the pie" received over the years. The next day President Zuma addressed ANC supporters ". . . on the responsibility to fight corruption and expose corruption and expose corrupt people and report them to law enforcement". On its face a noble appeal, but truth be told, one dripping with irony. According to Corruption Watch the "problem starts with the president" who allegedly personifies public sector corruption. His career is littered with scandals that have been reported time and again in the media. This then begs the question: is the President morally qualified to lecture his supporters, let alone the country, on the issue of corruption? To answer the question would simply be superfluous. As befits one in a starring role, the President was also interviewed by news channel eNCA. He defended his firing of Nene, because "I think the people did not understand. I think there was an exaggeration in terms of reaction. . . There is no single person who can collapse a department, especially a department like the Treasury". As it so happened the President did not collapse a department, but he almost brought the entire country to the brink of collapse. It would behoove the President to heed Abraham Lincoln's warning: "Better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt".