Jacob Zuma is Noah. His ark is the MK Party. He is preaching a saviour gospel for black people which says that for them not to perish, they must vote for his party.
That is the crux of the MK Party leader's election message as the campaign for the May 29 election hots up.
The former president of the ANC who is now at the helm of the MKP says he will change things for the better for black South Africans.
Zuma welcomed uMkhonto weSizwe Business Movement at his Nkandla homestead on Thursday. The members brought him electioneering resources in the form of a minibus, a truck that converts into a mobile stage and 4×4 bakkies.
He expressed gratitude, saying the gesture was proof that the MK Party was unstoppable with “black unity”, unlike black South African billionaires who have deserted black people.
“But I'm happy that there are black people who are using their resources to fund this project of fighting for black people. If you are black and don't see the difference, this party will make you see you are still in the dark,” said Zuma.
He said he did not believe black South Africans were free.
He said the MK Party will deliver economic freedom that the ANC, which he led for 10 years, had failed to provide after the country attained political freedom in 1994.
To convince his supporters that they are yet to taste real freedom — Zuma spoke of business loans that banks grant to white people without question but deny to black people.
“uMkhonto weSizwe is here. Nobody can stop us now. We are the black children of this nation. We are taking back our country. We will change things,” said Zuma.
Chief among things that Zuma is committing to change — should the MK Party win — is the “Roman-Dutch law”.
“We don't want that thing here,” he said.
Zuma's main gripe with South African law, according to the explanation he provided to his supporters, was that he was arrested for freedom-fighting activities during apartheid and again post-democracy for contempt of court.
“We want African law here. We are not Dutch. We are not Roman and we want freedom because we were told we are free, but it has become evident that freedom is yet to reach us.
“Now it is black people repeating what the apartheid government did to us. They jailed me for nothing. Today our black leaders are treating us as whites did during apartheid,” he explained.
The 82-year-old former statesman urged hundreds of supporters gathered at his home to vote to bring “real freedom”.
“We are unstoppable. Whether they like it or nobody can stop us now, especially the so-called liberators who have done everything to stop us from progressing,” Zuma added.
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