Jacob Zuma

I’ve never been at all well disposed to Jacob Zuma. The rape trial, the corruption investigations, his life long communist membership, his ignorance on AIDs etc.

But maybe he will not be all bad as President of South Africa, according to this article by Andrew Austin:

Zuma has also made it clear, through aides, that he will not side with African dictators just because they are African.

Sudan’s President Hassan Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, has been warned not to come to South Africa for the presidential inauguration because he will be arrested and handed over.

Now that would make for a great inauguration.

Similarly, one can say once and for all that South Africa’s quiet diplomacy toward Robert Mugabe is well and truly over.

And that would also be welcome.