Zuma frighteningly out of touch with harsh reality

How can we begin to make a sensible assessment of the state of the nation when our head of state assures us that we are exaggerating our problems? On Sunday President Jacob Zuma said his surprise firing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene last year did not crash the rand. He went on to aver that the government had been tackling institutionalised racism since 1994 and the problem today was merely that there were still some individuals who harboured racism and prejudice.