PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA'S RICH HISTORY RECALLED AT A TIME WHEN HE FACES STRONG CONDEMNATION

LIFE OF PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA BY SUBRY GOVENDER President Jacob Zuma, who is facing strong and loud calls for him to step down from office, has had a rich struggle history. In April 2009, just before he was elected as President after the political coup against President Thabo Mbeki, I interviewed Zuma about his life and struggles. Born in April 1942, Zuma came across as a humble leader who experienced the life of poverty, deprivation and denial of human rights. I compiled a two-part radio feature on his life. Today, seven years later, when Zuma is facing wide-scale condemnation and criticism, it’s important to understand his struggles for the creation of a non-racial and democratic country. This is the first part of his Rich History.