A young man teaches an old president

Zizi Kodwa spent much of his time as ANC spokesman defending Jacob Zuma. He says the age gap and the culture of ageism did not make his job easy when he was advising Zuma on how to handle the media.

“There are certain things you can’t say. You can’t say ‘no’ as if you’re speaking with a certain friend. Even if the president should have said something in a particular way, you can’t say: ‘You didn’t say it in a right way.’ You’ve got to say: ‘Maybe in future you must say it like this.’