Another is the use by Jacob Zuma of the well recognised Zulu idiom until Jesus returns. In English the term until Kingdom come, means exactly the same, but the name of Jesus is not mentioned. No hysteria around the use of that English idiom. Jacob Zuma, himself, is a victim, not wholly undeserved, of hysteria. He is assumed to be thoroughly corrupt and that that is his default mode. Yet both Tony Leon - Zuma is comfortable in his own skin -- and Zille herself, as well as others, admit that he is extremely personable. Those friends who use some Yiddish, would say that he is a mensch and good company at a braai. Because Zuma is our President, we need to have less, not more, hysteria around him. As Frank Chikane pointed out (Cape Town Press Club in August), he never ever went to school. To move from being a houseboy in a private home on the Durban Berea to become the President of one of the BRICS countries must command anybodys admiration. He neither smokes nor drinks. He is a God-fearing man and is comfortable in the Shembe Church, where polygamy is accepted. At a political level, in KZN he managed to marginalise the evil and violent Harry Gwala, build a relationship with the IFP and bring peace to the province. He was a key mediator in the Burundi conflict. In his September Heritage Day address he stressed the value and important linkages between both the Voortrekker Monument and Freedom Park and as well as Blood River and Ncome. His response to Marikana was completely correct. When he heard the bad news, he abandoned the SADC Presidential Summit to return home, visited the injured in hospital and announced a judicial Commission of Enquiry to be headed by a wise and experienced judge. He set up the National Development Plan and left the Commissioners to get on with the job. He has pushed the campaign against AIDS. Most importantly, he is not shy to shuffle his cabinet and to fire Ministers and senior civil servants. Mbeki clung to Selebi. Zuma didnt waste time in getting rid of Bheki Cele. Siphiwe Nyanda has gone. Dinah Pule is no more. Sbu Ndebele has been moved sideways from Transport -- one suspects because of the bungling over the Gauteng E-tolls -- to Correctional Services. The same applies to Jeremy Cronin. #Graham Mcintosh - Our state of national hysteria# politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=420862&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:17:53 +0000
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