Zuma's strategy for protecting himself is likely to backfire

Is South Africa going through its own Ides of March - originally a date on the Roman calendar that corresponds with March 15 and the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44BC, but more broadly signifying an historic turning point? The decline of Eskom appeared to be accelerating with the suspensions of four top executives, prompting a second ratings agency to downgrade the creaking, cash-starved power utility's credit rating to junk.