ZUMA - IT IS TIME TO MAN UP!

Political and economic turbulence reached alarming levels this past week, from the violence in Tshwane to Brexit's bombshell, and its presumed impact on an already faltering economy. The prospect of a silver lining in the ensuing turmoil appeared improbable, but for the Pretoria High Court's dismissal of Zuma and the NPA's application for leave to appeal reinstatement of 783 corruption charges against Zuma. Assuming Zuma wants, as he previously claimed , his day in court, now is the time for him to man up. He will not do so, and will continue to engage in obstructionist and frivolous tactics to defeat the ends of justice. In so doing, the NPA will participate in the charade pandering, as always, to Zuma and his benightedness. If, at the the end of a long and tortuous road Zuma is tried odds are good he will be acquitted. One merely has to recall the growing number of high profile cases the NPA has lost. In Zuma's case, however, it will be lost to more than NPA effortless incompetence, but for reasons more insidious in nature and scope.