Jacob Zuma is a Machiavellian schemer, not some dictator in Malawi via TheCitizen_News
It takes a big man to admit that you've screwed up. Former Malawian Big Man Hastings Banda was such a man. A deeply flawed man, but a big one nonetheless. During his reign, from 1964 to 1994, Banda tolerated no dissent and meted out punishment for any slight, whether real or imagined. This meant scores of Malawians were jailed, exiled or killed, with some unverified reports even suggesting his opponents were fed to crocodiles. Some place his body count at over 6000 people.
Building lots of nice things and improving national infrastructure obviously doesn’t justify 30 years of brutal dictatorship though, and Banda knew this. So, before his death in 1997 , he did the honourable thing and apologised for being a bit of an autocratic prick for three decades. During his tenure, Zuma accomplished very little worth writing home about. He did, however, manage to hollow out the country’s security and justice cluster, and turn them into his personal protection service, while enabling his friends to loot nearly every single state-owned entity, municipality, and provincial government department out there.
They convinced us that their time in exile or prison meant that they deserved the wealth they and their families now enjoy, and since our education system has also gone to the crapper, the people ate it up.
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