“…his particular brand of toxic narcissism was on peak display in Nkandla on Sunday night.” Those are the words of Rob Rose, Financial Mail editor, as he opines on former president Jacob Zuma – who on Sunday evening addressed scores of supporters who flocked to Nkandla and flouted Level 4 restrictions on gathers. Rose delivers a scathing verdict of Zuma’s behaviour and called him a “pathological narcissist” with a “profound inability to take responsibility for anything, a startling immunity from reason, and Olympic-level hypocrisy.”
Political commentator Justice Malala said it was time to put an end to the pandering to the “Nkandla cry-baby”. In his weekly Sunday Times Select column, Malala cautions us that Zuma is always ready to moan and groan and find the loophole he needs to get out of his various sticky situations. “If this pattern does not stop Zuma will destroy whatever semblance of the rule of law there is left in our country,” writes Malala. (Free to subscribe)
And Adriaan Basson writes in his News24 column that over the next two weeks the nation will be on Zuma watch as his case heads to the Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday. Basson says the next phase of the Zuma saga will test South Africa’s fragile democracy like never before. (For subscribers)
Here’s a roundup of the latest and most interesting opinions:
Zuma, the shamed man from Nkandla, has betrayed the Constitution, and its promise – Daily Maverick
Bruce Whitfield: The quantum of progress – Financial Mail
Companies of all sizes need to employ as many people as possible – Business Day
Exploitation rules global porn industry – Mail & Guardian
Flourishing African mining sector digs in during pandemic – Business Day
Efforts to regulate Big Tech risk becoming too fragmented – Business Day
For the vaccine deniers: Fill in a form and save us hospital beds – The Citizen (For subscribers)
