The Zuma presidency has come full circle. He was carried on a wave of mass popularity to the presidency and so it seems that mass power will bring him to his knees. On Wednesday,10 of South Africa’s opposition parties led a crowd of over 80000 people to the South Lawn of the Union Buildings, where they demanded that Zumas lumbering and destructive presidency be brought to an cessation. Because South African politics now parodies an epic thespian production, and this all happened on the president’s birthday,which was marked at an elaborate celebration hosted by Zuma’s faction in the ANC. This is a time when history and politics are being redefined. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za