The #ZumaMustFall campaign at the Pretoria’s Union Buildings ahead of President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address has turned out to be a flop.

Police are out in full force‚ armed with every riot gear imaginable‚ from armoured vehicles‚ water cannons and two truckloads of barbed wire. But it was clear‚ judging from the number of people‚ that none of these would be needed.

 A handful of people‚ including children as young as 10‚ are milling about the lawns carrying placards calling for the ANC to recall the president.

People jogged on the lawns‚ as they do every afternoon‚ wanting nothing to do with the campaign.

The campaign’s spokesperson said they were awaiting buses from as far as Bloemfontein in the Free State but he later told the trickle of people to come closer so that they could wrap up the programme and disperse.

He told the group that if South Africans managed to bring apartheid to its knees‚ then getting rid of Zuma will be a walk in the park.

“He must go and rest in Nkandla after paying back the money (spent on his Nkandla home)‚” he said.