As of today, Zuma will no longer have to account to the Department of Correctional Services, but the future is bleak for the former president as he navigates a path through a lack of political capital that is plain as day.
Had former president Jacob Zuma served his full 15-month sentence for contempt of court, he would have been released from Estcourt Correctional Facility a free man today .
Instead, what we are experiencing in the lead-up to his private prosecution of a veteran State advocate and a senior journalist on Monday, is a heavyweight turned featherweight; a man so politically weakened that even the sycophants in his home province have turned up their noses at the prospect of him being available for a seat in the top six of the governing party.
The past 15 months have not been kind to Zuma or his ambitions of solidifying himself as the wisest of ANC elders. And try as he might, he is unable to shake his inevitable showdown with Downer at the Arms Deal graft trial or the prospect that even if he approaches the Constitutional Court, he could still be ordered back to jail because of his “invalid” release on medical parole.The future is bleak for the former president as he attempts to navigate a new political path.
Constrained by the policies of their party — the same policies that have steered South Africa to the brink of being a failed state — Dlamini Zuma and Sisulu will have to ride on the “time for a woman president” wave, while pointing to the Phala Phala allegations made against Ramaphosa, for which he is yet to adequately answer.Zuma’s core strength has always been in KwaZulu-Natal, and the longer he stays out of political life, the more his sphere of influence is reduced.
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