TRAINSPOTTER: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, Suicide-Bomber-in-Chief

If Kierkegaard were a denizen of the fraying South African Reality, circa 2019, he’d do well to address his complaints to Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma. Famously, Zuma served for two terms as the president of the country; before that, he was deputy president for six years; before that, a National Chairperson of the ANC; before— deep breath — a struggle hero of some repute. If anyone has had a hand in creating modern-day South Africa, Zuma is your man.But good luck getting anything out of Msholozi.

Zuma and his allies have two intersecting priorities: to invert in the public’s mind the meaning of “State Capture”; and to undermine the commission itself. As far as the former is concerned, a loosey-goosey allyship has been engineered between Zuma’s KZN mafia, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule’s Luthuli House wrecking crew and Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters — call them the Radical Economic Transformation-istas.

White monopoly capital could never have dreamed of a more pliant servant than Jacob Zuma — he was feted on the 20th anniversary of this country’s democracy by nothing less than Goldman Sachs, avatars of the Establishment, white or otherwise. Believe us when we say that no one in the ANC comes close to being perfect, but there is a choice between two universes here. One in which the country stands a chance. And one in which it doesn’t.In the weeks leading up to the former president’s marquee appearance before Zondo, Mkhwebane released a report fully resurrecting the zombie Rogue Unit/Ivan Pillay SARS narratives, demanding that Ramaphosa appropriately censure Gordhan within 30 days.

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