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He's like the proverbial cat with nine lives. Nothing ever seems to keep him down – not being sent to jail, being given the boot by his own party, all his legal problems or the fact that many South Africans blame him for a big chunk of the country’s woes.
No matter the scandal or how sure his critics are there’s no way out, Jacob Zuma always seems to have the last laugh. And instead of being happy to spend his days quietly in Nkandla, the wily 82-year-old has made it clear he still has a big role to play in South African politics.
Five years after he reluctantly resigned as president, Zuma has stepped up to lead the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party, which was launched recently to contest the national elections in May. The man who once declared “the ANC will rule until Jesus Christ returns” is now lending his political clout to a rival party – and to add insult to injury the party has taken the name of the armed wing of the ANC.
