EDWARD ZUMA AN EVEN POORER EXTENSION OF HIS FATHER

Edward Zuma recently issued a statement claiming  that there were "greedy people [who] don't give a damn about the livelihoods of the people of this country whatsoever".

At first glance it seemed that Zuma Jr. had experienced an epiphany by accusing Jacob Zuma, his father, as one of the "brutal and greedy" leaders who "don't have the interests of the people [at heart]".  It was too good to be true  - his diatribe was, in fact, directed at Pravin, Jonas and De Klerk.

If it was Zuma Jr.'s intent to intimidate the "the Pravin camp" he could not have been more wrong.   Other than the son of Jacob Zuma, his relevance in the context of South Africa's realpolitik is zero. He is nothing more than a pretentious windbag not to be taken seriously.

Zuma Jr. was simply the attack dog selected to spew flame throwing rhetoric against his father's critics.  Rhetoric that Zuma and his faction were too cowardly to express openly.