Zuma has become symbol of South Africa’s deep-seated problems but, if we are to move on, we must lose our obsession with him
Jacob Zuma
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A new South African axis of evil?
A linguistic analysis of news reports shows that each so-called star in Jacob Zuma’s constellation will be judged as guilty by association
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Lessons from Nklandla for Cape Independence
A minority ANC government in the Western Cape and an ideologically compromised court system should think long and hard before it demonstrates that mob rule has replaced the constitutional order
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uBaba’s not ageing out of crime: what is his game?
Jacob Zuma’s relentless attack on the judiciary had a setback when the constitutional court sentenced him to 15 months for contempt. But will this achieve its purpose?
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Why ANC leaders ‘love’ the ANC
The truth is that ANC leaders don’t “love” the ANC itself but do love what their membership of the party did to their lives after 1994 as a result of the jobs in the government or private sector they occupied and benefited so much from
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Today’s ANC is a criminal enterprise masquerading as moral and political “leaders of society”
The criminal prosecution and lawful dissolution of the ANC are not only morally desirable but legally justifiable too
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Zuma is playing for time, a privilege of the powerful and wealthy
People with the means to employ the best legal minds to plot a course through the labyrinth of legalese can milk the system’s preponderance for fairness
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Zuma’s mollycoddling is justified criminologically, but not the damage he did to the country
The attempts of the ANC’s top six to convince the former president to attend the Zondo hearings is a good example of an integrative shaming measure
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Could innovation in payments and e-commerce expand intra-African trade?
The African Continental Free Trade Area going live heralds exciting times for tech innovation in payments, e-commerce and trade across Africa
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Citizenship is a right, not a concession
The ‘Zuma doctrine’ has taken hold of South Africa’s immigration and citizenship system and we must push back before we descend into totalitarianism
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Criminal justice system not designed to net Big Fish like Zuma and Magashule
Criminologists argue that prisons deflect attention away from the goings-on of the wealthy and the powerful
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The Zumas vs Zondo: a family drama?
The framing of Jacob Zuma’s attempts to have Raymond Zondo recuse himself because of a tenuous family connection can distract us from the state capture commission’s main objective: uncovering the truth about corruption