NOW that President Jacob Zuma has taken office there is something I need to get off my chest before every liberal soul (and conservatives) claim to have been a Zuma supporter from the start.
NOW that President Jacob Zuma has taken office there is something I need to get off my chest before every liberal soul (and conservatives) claim to have been a Zuma supporter from the start.
There are aspects of the hysteria that preceded his election for which I want to express support. For example, I can understand the concern about his possibly having taken bribes and then manipulated the legal system to escape prosecution.
I mean, how dare he play fast and loose with the law over such paltry sums as he is reputed to have received.
I also sympathise with the shock of having a president with several wives. I mean, it's not the number that shocks us, it's just that he has them all at the same time and everyone knows that civilised people have theirs one at a time (granted, sometimes with a little overlap).
Then there's the shocking incident with a maiden. I understand that even a man with three wives needs a little diversion but to do so without a condom causes understandable shock and horror.
I also want to express my solidarity with the South African church leaders who have shown him such unconditional adulation. After all, David was a great leader in the Bible and had many wives and also committed adultery .
All right, so I am being a little sarcastic! He might well prove to be a better leader than the confused British liberal whose place he has taken.
Marc Ambler, Durbanville
Certain things about Zuma still shocking
NOW that President Jacob Zuma has taken office there is something I need to get off my chest before every liberal soul (and conservatives) claim to have been a Zuma supporter from the start.
NOW that President Jacob Zuma has taken office there is something I need to get off my chest before every liberal soul (and conservatives) claim to have been a Zuma supporter from the start.
There are aspects of the hysteria that preceded his election for which I want to express support. For example, I can understand the concern about his possibly having taken bribes and then manipulated the legal system to escape prosecution.
I mean, how dare he play fast and loose with the law over such paltry sums as he is reputed to have received.
I also sympathise with the shock of having a president with several wives. I mean, it's not the number that shocks us, it's just that he has them all at the same time and everyone knows that civilised people have theirs one at a time (granted, sometimes with a little overlap).
Then there's the shocking incident with a maiden. I understand that even a man with three wives needs a little diversion but to do so without a condom causes understandable shock and horror.
I also want to express my solidarity with the South African church leaders who have shown him such unconditional adulation. After all, David was a great leader in the Bible and had many wives and also committed adultery .
All right, so I am being a little sarcastic! He might well prove to be a better leader than the confused British liberal whose place he has taken.
Marc Ambler, Durbanville