Was 9/12 the beginning of Zuma's end?

It's referred to it as “9/12”, South Africa’s own destiny-changing 9/11 on 9 December 2015 - the day President Jacob Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene and replaced him with a loyal backbencher, writes Max du Preez.

Economists and business people, even the minister of finance, refer to it as “9/12”, South Africa’s own destiny-changing 9/11 on 9 December 2015.

But where 9/11 only brought more terror and conflict, 9/12, the day President Jacob Zuma fired Nhlanhla Nene as minister of finance with no apparent reason and replaced him with a loyal backbencher, became a turning-point of a wholly different nature.