As the year moved forward Jacob "Thixo Wase George Goch" Zuma would prove a popular urban saying true: It be your own n**gas. By April the political wheels were machinating and future President Cyril and his cronies were knee-deep in executing their plan. Zuma was going to go whether he liked it or not. Anyone who laboured under the illusion that he was stupid or would go down without a fight was wildly mistaken.
Not long after Easter, Jacob "I dance like an elderly Chris Brown" Zuma showed his entertainment value, holding the entire country hostage as we wondered whether or not he would torpedo SA's most storied political organisation. It was a season finale worthy of the Kardashians.
In The Dark Knight, Harvey Dent says: "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." This was Zuma's Harvey Dent year, the year when a former struggle hero outstayed his welcome and saw himself become the bad guy. And we can say what we want but South Africans have loved watching every minute of that.