During the
State of the Nation debate, a member of the ANC stated unequivocally that ‘I am
ready to die for Jacob Zuma, I am ready to kill for him!’ If that were not sufficiently frightening,
the Minister of Justice added the statement that the use of the South African
National Defence Force (the Army and other branches of the Military) to resolve
issues in Parliament was entirely justified.
This column
has been warning of the signs of a build-up of the military solution mentality
to solve the difficulties faced by Jacob Zuma and his cronies, such as more
than seven hundred outstanding criminal charges and the demand by the Public
Protector that Zuma pay back the public funds misused by him in the
construction of his private residence.
There can be no doubt in the mind of Zuma that events are moving
inexorably to the point where he will, finally, be held to account for the many
abuses of power and other illegal acts of which he is accused. Zuma has a grasp of power that is not able to
be accounted for by the excellence of his leadership. One’s mind is drawn to the example of J Edgar
Hoover, who used his position as the head of the FBI to accumulate evidence on
numerous persons in positions of power, evidence which he used in a calculated
way to benefit himself and to achieve his objectives. What the source is of Zuma’s hold on power is
the subject of much speculation, but he has managed to hold onto the reins of
power, and to entrench himself in the position of leadership of the Party and
of the Nation, to the extent that many of his followers seem to be following the
example of the dictators of North Korea, in praising him almost to the extent
of worshipping him.
It is clear
that an attempt to unseat him as the President of South Africa carries a grave
risk of the Military being called in to ensure that Zuma will remain, as the
worst President South Africa has ever had.
The
warnings are clear. The time to act is
before the event occurs.
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