When exactly did Numsa realise Zuma is a flop?
WHILE many agree with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) that the Nkandla scandal has compromised President Jacob Zuma or with Julius Malema that Zuma is a tribalist, we must guard against populism where comrades use radicalism to save a leader in trouble.
The question is, when did Numsa realise that Zuma is a flop?
Was this affiliate not aware that Zuma lives on handouts, including
a R206-million grant” for his house and stipends given to his wives?
Now that Numsa is fed up with Zuma, like many South Africans and ANC members, can the union agree that the president must be elected directly by voters so that no one has the power to appoint and dismiss ministers to enforce loyalty?
Can Numsa agree that the state should look after only one wife and no more than four children? Without the benefits for his wives and children, Zuma cannot afford to look after his family.
The president said recently: We will not rest until we see improvements in the lives of the working class and the poor.”
But he did not intervene when his nephew Khulubuse Zuma and Zondwa Mandela exploited Aurora workers. And while public servants want a housing subsidy of R1 500, he spent R206-million on his palace. Patricia Sgegede-Nhlapo Balfour