South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Resigns

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43066443

At last....he is really going !

[Hopkirk]

About blinking time.

[Peter Pedant]

alot of the speech was unintentionally hilarious

i live only to serve my gondry....
once I am told to go .....erm yeah

[Peter Pedant]

the debt Zuma has contracted is....eye watering
and no one knows how much....

[douglas9401]

Zuma by name, zoomer by nature.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Good news, and not before time! Africa really don't have much luck with corrupt leadership. In related news, Morgan Tsvangerei, the leader of the Zimbabwe opposition has died, aged 65. A brave voice against the corruption of Mugabe, he lost his wife in a car "accident" some years ago. He will be missed, unlike Robert Mugabe and Jacob Zuma.

[Peter Pedant]

Morgan Tch. - yeah ca colon - pretty rare in africa

completely useless - almost toppled Mugabe and then screwed it. whilst a beeb hack prattled- "Mugabe's fantastic, he can always see off the oppositiion no matter where it comes from! he'll go on and on!"
and a senior hack cut in - "half the population is on the bread line and dont think he is that good"

sorry off point - I know it is about Zuma....
I know these things upset people

[emmie]

will they get anyone better though?

[albaqwerty]

probably not Em.

Am wondering if his speech saying he's going has anything to do with the raid on the Guptas property and at least one arrest?

[Peter Pedant]

bamma-lamma phose is supposedly liberal

waiting in the wings is a red hot marxist firebrand
head of the economic freedom fighters...
and THEY want nationalisation without compensation=
that'll liberate everyone !

[fender62]

seems they trade one despot for another, who again will drain funds for personal benefit, are there any african countries that are not corrupt and have good leadership..has there ever been, is it just their nature ?

[Peter Pedant]

yeah we had a new council chair who said excitedly
"four more years of the same!" - not quite what we were expecting. He had successfully played the 'it's my turn!' card
and we ended up chucking him off the top of the building

it was sortta like Mount Rushmore with his body on Washingtons nose looking in - and he said 'yeah some day I might think about going.'
and we said, "no not some day - to-day!"
and unprized his fingers from the grille