The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has just announced the dropping of all charges against Jacob Zuma due to 'political interference' in determining the timing of announcing charges against him These charges involve bribery and corruption. Serious Bribery and Corruption.
So they are basically saying: Yes, there are charges, but because there was impropriety earlier on in the case("abuse of process") by the then Head of the NPA, they have decided not to pursue the charges.
Jacob Zuma is the President of the African National Congress (The ANC). We hold elections on the 22nd April, and the ANC is bound to win (though not by as much of a margin they previously enjoyed). But they are bound to win. It is still a case of loyalty to a particular party than any kind of common sense, but that's the state of the nation right now.
Jacob Zuma will be our president. A man very strongly suspected of accepting bribes is going to rule our country. The very same man has had rape charges dropped against him. During that trial, when asked if he was in any way afraid of contracting AIDS when he slept with the said victim ... er consentual sex partner... he said that he wasn't, as he promptly had a shower afterwards. A fucking shower?
If he runs for president, I would rather vote for this guy...
A bit like several of our past monarchs and prime ministers in UK then.
ReplyDelete...and i thought Harper was bad....
ReplyDeletehehe... Zapiro (the cartoonist) is rather infamous here :) love him to bits though. Google him.
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