Poor Zuma and his awful case of Shaik Syndrome. At least he’s still alive

07 February 2020 - 07:00
By tom eaton AND Tom Eaton
Quite a number of South Africans have questioned the veracity of Jacob Zuma's sick note.
Image: Sandile Ndlovu Quite a number of South Africans have questioned the veracity of Jacob Zuma's sick note.

It looks odd. It does. When Jacob Zuma’s lawyers hand over a sick note explaining why he can’t appear at his corruption trial, and his doctor has filled in the block marked “Layman’s diagnosis” by writing down “medical condition”, there’s just something about the whole thing that starts making you feel that maybe, just maybe, this isn’t the sworn testimony of the Pope.