Msholozi Shrugs Off the Sting of the Scorpions - Part I
By Vusi Moloi © 2008
Msholozi Shrugs Off the Sting of the Scorpions - Part II
The reigning President of South Africa’s ruling party ANC Mr. Jacob Zuma is now a free man. The charges brought against him by the unrelenting Scorpions on December 28 last year, were thrown out of court yesterday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in the KwaZulu Natal Province. In his ruling, Judge Chris Nicholson dismissed with costs the charges against Mr. Jacob Zuma clearing the way for him to become the next President of South Africa in 2009. Now the NPA has to pay Mr. Zuma’s legal bills.
The unconquerable Msholozi who has shown the rare ability of recovering from setback was hugged by his loyal supporter the billionaire business man Mr. Tokyo Sexwale and many other supporters inside the court room. The crowd outside the court burst into Msholozi’s signature song Umshini Wami meaning “bring back my political machine”. Mr. Robert McBride, another hero of the South African liberation, was also in the court room. Mr. McBride’s mother was one of the women who attended the Women’s Liberation Conference of 1987 organized by the Federation of Transvaal Women at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This writer rendered his revolutionary poetry at that conference.
The rejection of the NPA’s decision to charge Mr. Zuma sent jubilations among the ranks of the ANC (African National Congress), COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), the ANC Youth League and the SACP (South African Communist Party) among others.
Interestingly, the court appearances of Msholozi have served more to buttress his professed innocence and fortify his unstoppable bid for the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa. With each court appearance, Mr. Zuma has mobilized and gained more cadres on the ground effectively silencing his incredulous critics along with their doomsday predictions. Some saw Msholozi’s charges as a form of vindictive trial designed to thwart Mr. Zuma’s rightful succession to the highest throne of the land in the 2009 General Elections.
The media that defamed Mr. Zuma during his ordeal may be facing libel or tough action from his supporters. This is already taking place in some cases where the media is being pressed for apology.
Msholozi Shrugs Off the Sting of the Scorpions - Part II
The reigning President of South Africa’s ruling party ANC Mr. Jacob Zuma is now a free man. The charges brought against him by the unrelenting Scorpions on December 28 last year, were thrown out of court yesterday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in the KwaZulu Natal Province. In his ruling, Judge Chris Nicholson dismissed with costs the charges against Mr. Jacob Zuma clearing the way for him to become the next President of South Africa in 2009. Now the NPA has to pay Mr. Zuma’s legal bills.
The unconquerable Msholozi who has shown the rare ability of recovering from setback was hugged by his loyal supporter the billionaire business man Mr. Tokyo Sexwale and many other supporters inside the court room. The crowd outside the court burst into Msholozi’s signature song Umshini Wami meaning “bring back my political machine”. Mr. Robert McBride, another hero of the South African liberation, was also in the court room. Mr. McBride’s mother was one of the women who attended the Women’s Liberation Conference of 1987 organized by the Federation of Transvaal Women at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. This writer rendered his revolutionary poetry at that conference.
The rejection of the NPA’s decision to charge Mr. Zuma sent jubilations among the ranks of the ANC (African National Congress), COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions), the ANC Youth League and the SACP (South African Communist Party) among others.
Interestingly, the court appearances of Msholozi have served more to buttress his professed innocence and fortify his unstoppable bid for the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa. With each court appearance, Mr. Zuma has mobilized and gained more cadres on the ground effectively silencing his incredulous critics along with their doomsday predictions. Some saw Msholozi’s charges as a form of vindictive trial designed to thwart Mr. Zuma’s rightful succession to the highest throne of the land in the 2009 General Elections.
The media that defamed Mr. Zuma during his ordeal may be facing libel or tough action from his supporters. This is already taking place in some cases where the media is being pressed for apology.
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