Our president has no backbone, key institutions have no integrity, and Jacob Zuma wins again

12 September 2021 - 00:03

It's getting very tiring, writing - and talking - about Jacob Zuma. When he was finally booted out of office three years ago, the naïve among us hoped we'd seen and heard the last of him. Out of sight, out of mind, we thought. But he keeps coming back like a recurring nightmare. And even while quietly enjoying his solitude in prison, he became such a talking point he literally set the country on fire...

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