When people were hungry, the queen said let them eat cakes, that is exactly what Jacob Zuma is saying to the people of South Africa, he must go. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
tsayaya
it seems politicians become serious only when the situation affects them and their families directly, apart from that, its like everything is normal Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
MommaC
As much as I agree that we have a serious problem that needs very urgent attention, I simply cannot see how Zuma getting married made a woman cut another woman's baby out of her womb or how Zuma's wifes party contributed to the gangrape of a 19 year old.
Maybe the author should try telling us what he believes Zuma should be doing about this. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Kona
Momma, your brain seems to be on a go-slow. Don't you understand that Zuma is the head of state? Don't you understand that as the head of state he is the number opinion maker, by the virtue of his position? Don't you understand that the views of an opinion maker carry a lot of weight compared to those of the rank and file?
The least that Zuma can do is to show that he cares about what is happenning around him. By the look of things, he seems to be oblivious to the challenges facing our motherland. He comes accross as a person that is consumed by the trappings of his incumbency.By prouncing on current issues that are bedevilling the motherland, Zuma would be making a huge contribution towards addressing them. As a President, he cannot be "fiddling while Rome is burning" or he cannot be cutting birth day cakes and continously marrying, while the motherland needs him. He wanted to lead. Therefore he must lead. He can't lead in song only. He must come with solutions or at least tell us that he is noting what is happenning and they are doing something about it.
He is on haneymoon and the nation needs him, the nation is burning while the President is making Babies. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
MommaC
Kona
What exactly can Zuma pronounce on without us all laughing at him?
He can't tell the nation that r@pe is wrong or HIV is a killer, as the kanga story will come up. He can't tell the nation that we shouldn't sleep around as the Khoza baby will come up. He can't tell the nation that we need to cut out corruption or the Shabbir laugh will come up.
The guy has zero credibility. His best option is to shut up. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
McKena
I think Zuma is smilling because he does not know what else to do , has no ideas no fore thought , no vision. They smile to mask the blank mind they possess. As for eating cake UP and DOWN in April its just a shame i call him the president of SA. But I can tell you that "Kuzophela sizofana sonke". I wish I can fast track this year to see him voted out as an ANC president and the president of the country. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Catswhiskers
Hi MommaC
I think what the author is saying in a roundabout way is that while Zuma is celebrating, his people are suffering/dying.
Has anyone noticed that not one word has been said by the president regarding the horrible incidents which are happening in SA over the last few weeks. His silence is deafening. The reason this country is in the state it is in is because we lack leadership - someone who sticks by his promises, and, instead of talking about corruption, doing something drastic to stop it. The new minister of public works has admitted that his department is in a state of chaos due to mismanagement, corruption, looting, - why was it allowed to get into this state? Is there no-one with one iota of integrity in the ruling party?
I hear more rhetoric from President Obama than I do from our own president! Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Catswhiskers
I think this country would make a huge mistake is Zuma was allowed a second turn. But does anyone have any suggestions for a better president - one coming from the dysfunctional ANC I mean. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
MommaC
Hi Catswhiskers.
I hear and understand that. I just don't know what he could say. As I mentioned above, there isn't much he can pronounce on with any credibility at all. That is the price we pay for having a bunch of fools plonk a deeply unsuitable individual in the top chair.
He pronounces on what he knows and what he is know for - collecting females for his harem. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Papage
@ Catswhiskers, he is blinded by Love and forgot that he is the No.1 Citizen in the country, I tell you the Ladies got him where they wanted, some men can be stupid at times, Ladies make us weak, just like what that woman did to samson. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Kona
MommaC
The point I'm trying to make is that Zuma has a lot of options to address the status quo, but he is not doing so. The question that follows is why? The obvious explanation to everyone is that he is out of his depth. But then one would like to know why is he out of his depth. That that follows is that he does not have time to read and read and read, infinitely.
We can't wallow in self-pity if we have a president or ruling party that is incapable of doing any of the above. We are the architects of our own future. As citizens, we have a whole range of options we can resort to, to determine our future and that of our progeny. People must take part in civil society formations that take up social justice issues, especially issues of development. Also, one has the option of becoming a member of a political party with the aim of influencing progressive developmental agenda. It would also be a constructive move to vote for an alternative party, based on a conscientious decision.
I know that political parties are by nature not based on conscience, but on a pursuit for the interest of the few that are in leadership. But at least, fellow South Africans, each one of us needs to be part of a progressive movement, one way or another.
And what would he pronounce on with any credibility? Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Kona
MommC
I beg your pardon for the discourtesy I showed by suggesting that "your brain is on a go-slow" That is not really who I am. I do not know you and therefore have no basis to judge you. I realise that it was unnecessary and therefore retract that statement. Thank you for being polite in your response. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
tsayaya
As for eating cake UP and DOWN in April its just a shame i call him the president of SA.
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kikikikikikikikikiki Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Catswhiskers
If the president can't do anything about the shenanigans his own ministers are causing, who can?
Only the PEOPLE can - please vote with your heads and not your hearts. Only a very strong opposition, be it DA, IFP, UDF, COPE, whoever, can stop the ANC, simply by just being there. It is time the ANC realises that they aren't good enough to rule tills Jesus comes. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Catswhiskers
If the president can't do anything about the shenanigans his own ministers are causing, who can?
Only the PEOPLE can - please vote with your heads and not your hearts. Only a very strong opposition, be it DA, IFP, UDF, COPE, whoever, can stop the ANC, simply by just being there. It is time the ANC realises that they aren't good enough to rule tills Jesus comes. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Charley4sure
Honestly Zuma is not a president material. He is the worst cadre ever produce by
the ANC, the sooner they get rid of him the better. He is running up and down like a
headless chicken. Cry the beloved country. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
Motsea-T!!!
Hey Batho-ba-Modimo,we've lost our moral fibre as a nation,we need a political shift to the extreme left where policy change would be of key.We should value diversity but this is cultural-diversity to the extreme.He is forcing a square peg in a round hole. Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
MommaC
Kona
Thank you
No sweat, its an emotive issue and easily misread Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
flakes
@mommaC
Well then that should be an indication that he is not fit enough to lead this country Report Abuse
Apr 24, 2012
MommaC
flakes
I'm not the one you should be trying to convince. The ANC internal factional bickering will determine if he gets a second term - or our voting public may surprise us all and make the decision for them. Report Abuse
My suggestion is Ntate Aaron Motswaledi for President,
Zuma & Zille r the same both not intellectuals ,the other even worse she does not mind gross human rights what a nerve to call us Refugees IN OUR OWN COUNTRY and her forefathers came with Reiger, Dromedaris and Gode hoop...such rubish from Zilele(meaning sleeping) Report Abuse
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Papage
When people were hungry, the queen said let them eat cakes, that is exactly what Jacob Zuma is saying to the people of South Africa, he must go.Report Abuse
tsayaya
it seems politicians become serious only when the situation affects them and their families directly, apart from that, its like everything is normalReport Abuse
MommaC
As much as I agree that we have a serious problem that needs very urgent attention, I simply cannot see how Zuma getting married made a woman cut another woman's baby out of her womb or how Zuma's wifes party contributed to the gangrape of a 19 year old.Maybe the author should try telling us what he believes Zuma should be doing about this.
Report Abuse
Kona
Momma, your brain seems to be on a go-slow. Don't you understand that Zuma is the head of state? Don't you understand that as the head of state he is the number opinion maker, by the virtue of his position? Don't you understand that the views of an opinion maker carry a lot of weight compared to those of the rank and file?The least that Zuma can do is to show that he cares about what is happenning around him. By the look of things, he seems to be oblivious to the challenges facing our motherland. He comes accross as a person that is consumed by the trappings of his incumbency.By prouncing on current issues that are bedevilling the motherland, Zuma would be making a huge contribution towards addressing them. As a President, he cannot be "fiddling while Rome is burning" or he cannot be cutting birth day cakes and continously marrying, while the motherland needs him. He wanted to lead. Therefore he must lead. He can't lead in song only. He must come with solutions or at least tell us that he is noting what is happenning and they are doing something about it.
Report Abuse
Papage
He is on haneymoon and the nation needs him, the nation is burning while the President is making Babies.Report Abuse
MommaC
KonaWhat exactly can Zuma pronounce on without us all laughing at him?
He can't tell the nation that r@pe is wrong or HIV is a killer, as the kanga story will come up. He can't tell the nation that we shouldn't sleep around as the Khoza baby will come up. He can't tell the nation that we need to cut out corruption or the Shabbir laugh will come up.
The guy has zero credibility. His best option is to shut up.
Report Abuse
McKena
I think Zuma is smilling because he does not know what else to do , has no ideas no fore thought , no vision. They smile to mask the blank mind they possess. As for eating cake UP and DOWN in April its just a shame i call him the president of SA. But I can tell you that "Kuzophela sizofana sonke". I wish I can fast track this year to see him voted out as an ANC president and the president of the country.Report Abuse
Catswhiskers
Hi MommaCI think what the author is saying in a roundabout way is that while Zuma is celebrating, his people are suffering/dying.
Has anyone noticed that not one word has been said by the president regarding the horrible incidents which are happening in SA over the last few weeks. His silence is deafening. The reason this country is in the state it is in is because we lack leadership - someone who sticks by his promises, and, instead of talking about corruption, doing something drastic to stop it. The new minister of public works has admitted that his department is in a state of chaos due to mismanagement, corruption, looting, - why was it allowed to get into this state? Is there no-one with one iota of integrity in the ruling party?
I hear more rhetoric from President Obama than I do from our own president!
Report Abuse
Catswhiskers
I think this country would make a huge mistake is Zuma was allowed a second turn. But does anyone have any suggestions for a better president - one coming from the dysfunctional ANC I mean.Report Abuse
MommaC
Hi Catswhiskers.I hear and understand that. I just don't know what he could say. As I mentioned above, there isn't much he can pronounce on with any credibility at all. That is the price we pay for having a bunch of fools plonk a deeply unsuitable individual in the top chair.
He pronounces on what he knows and what he is know for - collecting females for his harem.
Report Abuse
Papage
@ Catswhiskers, he is blinded by Love and forgot that he is the No.1 Citizen in the country, I tell you the Ladies got him where they wanted, some men can be stupid at times, Ladies make us weak, just like what that woman did to samson.Report Abuse
Kona
MommaCThe point I'm trying to make is that Zuma has a lot of options to address the status quo, but he is not doing so. The question that follows is why? The obvious explanation to everyone is that he is out of his depth. But then one would like to know why is he out of his depth. That that follows is that he does not have time to read and read and read, infinitely.
We can't wallow in self-pity if we have a president or ruling party that is incapable of doing any of the above. We are the architects of our own future. As citizens, we have a whole range of options we can resort to, to determine our future and that of our progeny. People must take part in civil society formations that take up social justice issues, especially issues of development. Also, one has the option of becoming a member of a political party with the aim of influencing progressive developmental agenda. It would also be a constructive move to vote for an alternative party, based on a conscientious decision.
I know that political parties are by nature not based on conscience, but on a pursuit for the interest of the few that are in leadership. But at least, fellow South Africans, each one of us needs to be part of a progressive movement, one way or another.
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MommaC
KonaAnd what would he pronounce on with any credibility?
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Kona
MommCI beg your pardon for the discourtesy I showed by suggesting that "your brain is on a go-slow" That is not really who I am. I do not know you and therefore have no basis to judge you. I realise that it was unnecessary and therefore retract that statement. Thank you for being polite in your response.
Report Abuse
tsayaya
As for eating cake UP and DOWN in April its just a shame i call him the president of SA.=====================================================================
kikikikikikikikikiki
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Catswhiskers
If the president can't do anything about the shenanigans his own ministers are causing, who can?Only the PEOPLE can - please vote with your heads and not your hearts. Only a very strong opposition, be it DA, IFP, UDF, COPE, whoever, can stop the ANC, simply by just being there. It is time the ANC realises that they aren't good enough to rule tills Jesus comes.
Report Abuse
Catswhiskers
If the president can't do anything about the shenanigans his own ministers are causing, who can?Only the PEOPLE can - please vote with your heads and not your hearts. Only a very strong opposition, be it DA, IFP, UDF, COPE, whoever, can stop the ANC, simply by just being there. It is time the ANC realises that they aren't good enough to rule tills Jesus comes.
Report Abuse
Charley4sure
Honestly Zuma is not a president material. He is the worst cadre ever produce bythe ANC, the sooner they get rid of him the better. He is running up and down like a
headless chicken. Cry the beloved country.
Report Abuse
Motsea-T!!!
Hey Batho-ba-Modimo,we've lost our moral fibre as a nation,we need a political shift to the extreme left where policy change would be of key.We should value diversity but this is cultural-diversity to the extreme.He is forcing a square peg in a round hole.Report Abuse
MommaC
KonaThank you
No sweat, its an emotive issue and easily misread
Report Abuse
flakes
@mommaCWell then that should be an indication that he is not fit enough to lead this country
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MommaC
flakesI'm not the one you should be trying to convince. The ANC internal factional bickering will determine if he gets a second term - or our voting public may surprise us all and make the decision for them.
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zaco'z
eish! blame the ANCReport Abuse
Amazed
My suggestion is Ntate Aaron Motswaledi for President,Zuma & Zille r the same both not intellectuals ,the other even worse she does not mind gross human rights what a nerve to call us Refugees IN OUR OWN COUNTRY and her forefathers came with Reiger, Dromedaris and Gode hoop...such rubish from Zilele(meaning sleeping)
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