If the US can’t stop Trump, no wonder SA couldn’t halt Zuma
21 October 2019 - 09:00
By justice malala AND Justice Malala
Image: AFP/Nicholas Kamm The president of the US could have chosen from thousands of picturesque and safe venues for the G7 Summit. He chose his own club.
Every time I am asked to compare the travails facing the US currently and the 10-year political nightmare faced by SA under Jacob Zuma, I say the US can withstand a poor and even malevolent presidency because its institutions are old, entrenched and very strong.
But for the first time, this week I began to wonder how true this is.
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