Clever Blacks, Jesus and Nkandla

Title: Clever Blacks, Jesus and Nkandla
Subtitle:The real Jacob Zuma in his own words
Author: Gareth van Onselen
Genre: Politics
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Johannesburg; Cape Town 2014
ISBN 9781868426188 / ISBN 978-1-86842-618-8
Softcover, 13 x 20 cm, 184 Seiten, numerous colour photos

Description:

Imagine a man who supported virginity testing for girls; promoted deference of women before men as a sign of respect; questioned the constitutionality of bail; claimed that gay marriage was a disgrace before God; advocated prosecuting people even when the evidence against them was insufficient; believed the political party he represented was endorsed by God and that a vote against it would send you to hell; celebrated tyrants when they perverted democracy; advocated the beating of children in the name of discipline; defended Julius Malema as a future leader and Thabo Mbeki's dissident views on HIV/ Aids; argued that his party was more important than the Constitution; suggested that black people were defined by traditional African culture; believed that his party would govern until the end of days; regularly contradicted himself and reneged on his undertakings; paroled convicted criminals and defended his friendship with them; and regularly demonstrated an inability to take an ethical position on moral issues.

A man who believed that all women should be married and that children were good training for womanhood. Thought the Constitution granted minorities fewer rights than those in the majority; believed that pet dogs were un-African, as was the justice system, but encouraged people not to think like Africans in Africa; argued that prisons were unnecessary punishment and that crimes were better resolved through debate; was regularly corrected and reinterpreted by political handlers to make his gaffes more palatable; made unkept promises to appease whichever audience he was addressing; suggested that hair straightener was an attempt by black people to become 'white'; benefited from R250 million in public money spent on upgrading his private house; had friends who would land their private plane at a National Key Point for their own convenience; thought a shower minimised the risk of contracting HIV/ Aids; and blamed the media for an exaggerated and unfair public perception of his views. You are imagining the president of South Africa. His name is Jacob Zuma.

Content: Clever Blacks, Jesus and Nkandla

Introduction
THE MAN WHO WALKS IK TWO WORLDS
The Ten Commandments according to Jacob Zuma
JACOB ZUMA AND RELIGION
No country for old men
JACOB ZUMA AND AFRICAN TRADITION
Zumbabwe
JACOB ZUMA ON ROBERT MUGABE AND ZIMBABWE
Jacob Zuma versus the Constitution
JACOB ZUMA, THE ANC, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW
Crooked thinking on a crooked path
JACOB ZUMA, CRIME AND CORRUPTION (AND NKANDLA)
Spin doctoring the Zuma sickness
JACOB ZUMA AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Between a rock and a hard place
JACOB ZUMA AND THE MEDIA
The pursuit of power: Loyalty and betrayal
JACOB ZUMA AND HIS RISE TO POWER
A man for all seasons
JACOB ZUMA AND POLICY
Odds and ends
JACOB ZUMA AND RANDOM CONTROVERSY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR