tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post7148383113041031969..comments2014-02-20T07:19:31.522+02:00Comments on Life at Work: Jacob Zuma: A great African Leader?Susan Arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03400565863767041752noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-41156586133183992322007-05-16T14:23:00.000+02:002007-05-16T14:23:00.000+02:00Hi Sue,M'shini wam..M'shini wam. I think Zuma trie...Hi Sue,<BR/>M'shini wam..M'shini wam. I think Zuma tried to use another wapon. Remember that Fiona talk about the need spirituality in nowadays leaders. He heard may be her call as he was consacreted "Pastor". But I wasn't suprise by the deny of the member of the community which consacrated him. Don't worry, this is not his last carte. He still to play others. Don't forget that 90% of African leader are from the same generation. Their mind is not about delivery but about the matter of repositionment.Adam N. Mukendihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06033399017983379486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-15068644047757515672007-05-15T19:47:00.000+02:002007-05-15T19:47:00.000+02:00I would like to respond to Thomas' comment. While ...I would like to respond to Thomas' comment. While I agree with your argument, Thomas, on the reasons why Zuma would not make a good and effective president, it also talks to the fact that he has no followership. All the comments that you make lead to exactly this point - if people do not agree with some of his thoughts, practices and values, he has no followership. I completely agree with your argument. Most of our debate focussed on whether one needed qualifications to be a President. I don't believe you need these - but you do need people to support you, trust you and believe in you if you want to succeed as a president! Thanks for your input!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-90016759107854889742007-05-14T10:37:00.000+02:002007-05-14T10:37:00.000+02:00Thanks Thomas and Themba for your comments.I was h...Thanks Thomas and Themba for your comments.<BR/>I was happy to be able to spark some debate in my blog. The Zuma issue is extremely controversial and it's nice to hear some views on it. Fiona's take offered a different perspective on the debate.Susan Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400565863767041752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-55787431572084016082007-05-07T20:39:00.000+02:002007-05-07T20:39:00.000+02:00I was a bit surprised by Fiona's argumentation. Zu...I was a bit surprised by Fiona's argumentation. Zuma disqualified himself as a leader because he cannot manage his own finances, he associates with strange 'business' people and practices, he sees women as a sort of "prize" and resource for the valiant fighter and he displayed appaling thinking on HIV/AIDS. So it is also that he would be very divisive, but it is also for moral and political reasons that we have to reject a Zuma presidency.Thomas Michael Blaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00412101900050074061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-86640801566835689462007-05-07T20:17:00.000+02:002007-05-07T20:17:00.000+02:00Hi, Susan. I am happy that you have brought up the...Hi, Susan. I am happy that you have brought up the issue of Jacob Zuma in your discussion. I am of the view that the question of Zuma's illiteracy is unfair and unjustified. Great leadership does not lie in the fact that one had acquired academic credentials. It lies in the fact that people believe that you can take them forward. I believe that supporters of Zuma see in him a leader who can advance their cause. In this regard the poor of this country see in Zuma a President who will advance pro – poor social programs. <BR/><BR/>Be that as it may, I don’t believe that Zuma is fit to lead this country. This is because he tends to promote a popular kind of politicking that tends to be dangerous. His questioning of the credibility of State organs like the NPA is quite telling. Because of his leadership style you had respected institutions like the Judiciary coming under heavy criticism, that the Judiciary was pushing certain agenda. This is dangerous for a country like South Africa where democracy is not yet fully entrenched. To be quite honest Zuma’s leadership would amount to what in the political circles is known as the “dictatorship of the majority”. He has also attacked the media of bias in reporting against him. As I value freedom of speech than anything else I believe that Zuma’s leadership will not give me that freedom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16184939790014001967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039294520616798476.post-33024596893485254222007-05-07T19:24:00.000+02:002007-05-07T19:24:00.000+02:00Hi, Susan. I am happy that you have brought up the...Hi, Susan. I am happy that you have brought up the issue of Jacob Zuma in your discussion. I am of the view that the question of Zuma's illiteracy is unfair and unjustified. Great leadership does not lie in the fact that one had acquired academic credentials. It lies in the fact that people believe that you can take them forward. I believe that supporters of Zuma see in him a leader who can advance their cause. In this regard the poor of this country see in Zuma a President who will advance pro – poor social programs. <BR/><BR/>Be that as it may, I don’t believe that Zuma is fit to lead this country. This is because he tends to promote a popular kind of politicking that tends to be dangerous. His questioning of the credibility of State organs like the NPA is quite telling. Because of his leadership style you had respected institutions like the Judiciary coming under heavy criticism, that the Judiciary was pushing certain agenda. This is dangerous for a country like South Africa where democracy is not yet fully entrenched. To be quite honest Zuma’s leadership would amount to what in the political circles is known as the “dictatorship of the majority”. He has also attacked the media of bias in reporting against him. As I value freedom of speech than anything else I believe that Zuma’s leadership will not give me that freedom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16184939790014001967noreply@blogger.com