We know that Mmusi isn’t afraid to stand up to Jacob Zuma, given his eloquent attack in the aftermath of the State of the Nation fiasco, but he may yet have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
The finger-pointing regarding the xenophobic attacks extended into parliament when Julius took his opportunity to lay into JZ and his family.
He has been in great demand following the success of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign, but this is not the first time Chumani Maxwele has gained political attention.
Rousing words indeed from Sizwe Mabizela, the Rhodes University vice-chancellor. Perhaps not so much if you happen to be a politician in our country, however.
There were plenty of pictures of the Jacob Zuma statue atop Lion’s Head doing the rounds this weekend but here’s a few you wouldn’t have seen.
Long-serving ANC stalwart Mac Maharaj is set to bow out of South African politics at the end of the month. So, who will be the next presidential spokesperson then?
Here’s another open letter that’s doing the rounds and is certainly worth a read. This guy has some interesting words of wisdom for el Presidente.
Just when you thought you had heard it all regarding statues someone pops a bronze JZ on top of Lion’s Head. Some were impressed, some were certainly not.
Oh how we laughed – Jacob Zuma and the Presidency of South Africa pulled off their own April Fools’ prank yesterday and some people weren’t too impressed.
The ANC Youth League have set their sights on one of Pretoria’s statues now and they have some rather prominent voices behind them.
It looks like the wheels are coming off the Western Cape ANC bus as meetings have been held regarding disbanding the party’s leadership structures.
It must be awful running this country and being held accountable for every decision you make – which is why Jacob daydreamed out loud yesterday about what he would change were he a dictator.
This is the best way to start your week: a bit of hysterical laughter. This guy clearly cannot handle it right now (whatever it is – I don’t know if they get load shedding in Latin America).
Doesn’t it make you happy to know that we reward our head honcho handsomely for all his hard work and leadership? Take that Cameron and Putin, who’s a baller now.
Well it only took days, months and years but eventually South Africa (and the EFF) got their chance to ask JZ the question that has been uttered, chanted and screamed from rooftops around the country.
So what should we expect this time around then? Will we see absolute chaos or have parliament learnt their lesson from the debacle that was SONA? Only time will tell.
Oh, look, someone has publicly defended Our Dear Leader Jacob Zuma. Let’s have a look at what he has to say. Try not to get too heated on the topic – we’re all allowed our opinions.
They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and it seems Jacob Zuma may have found that out the hard way after reports have surfaced that one of his wives poisoned him.
So you started off with good intentions of paying attention for the entirety of yesterday’s address by Jacob Zuma, then your mind drifted. What did you miss? The Mail and Guardian have made it easy for us.
Zuma has pretty much put himself on a pedestal by endlessly giving wonderful jobs to his cronies – they all are now running the country into the ground, and Zuma refuses to take blame.
When it comes to parenting everyone has their own take on what makes or breaks a child. The ‘father’ of our nation, ol’ Jacob to the Zuma, could well do with learning a few of these handy tips.
Here is Mmusi Maimane speaking some great words of wisdom and explaining to the general public why Zuma is not the great man everyone seems to think he is.
I keep imagining a lovely luncheon at the Saxon in Joburg, and my guest list is purely Julius Malema. It would be great to know where he is heading with all this…
What a ruckus the SONA was. You have to laugh at it to keep your sanity. That or you’re going to drown yourself in a bathtub with a bottle of vodka and your ex’s leftover oxycontin.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss and, after some of the terms of South Africa’s nuclear deal with Russia have come to light, I might be inclined to agree.
And the name-calling train rolls on, gathering steam with each day as our politicians take to name-calling, mud-slinging and behaving with a distinct lack of class.
So who was right and who was wrong? We ain’t legal experts here but let’s try a bit of the old nitty-gritty and see where it gets us.
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Good news foreigners wanting to grab a nice spot of South African land by the sea on which to retire…yeah, sorry, no good news at all I’m afraid. Leasing is fun though, right?
Pay attention folks because it is getting all kinds of messy before tonight’s State of the Nation address. Fights, police threats, controversy and drama…all essential viewing.