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| Zuma takes the reins |
| 2009-05-10 |
| [Mail and Globe] As Chief Justice Pius Langa administered the oath to Jacob Zuma, Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi extended his hand across, past his wife, to long time Zuma ally Ranjeni Munusamy and clasped her hand firmly as if in prayer until the end of the oath. Their comrade in arms, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande put his hand on his wife's back and tapped his finger quietly, as if counting the seconds. ANC Youth League president Julius Malema stared ahead, watching the process with deep concentration. For Zuma's greatest allies, the process appeared to last forever although it took less than two minutes. The group had earlier created an atmosphere of song and celebration on an occasion which is usually formal and serious. While the proceedings were being held up by the rain, they had started toyi-toying and chanted songs about Zuma's triumphant passage to the Union Buildings. Malema even boasted that "we said we will sing our way to the Union Buildings and that's what we are doing". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "You cannot leave a woman if she is already at that stage (of sexual arousal)." - Former deputy president Jacob Zuma, giving evidence in the Johannesburg High Court during his rape trial. Very Clintonian. Very presidential. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-05-10 08:38 |