Quotes by Mark Gevisser

4 quotes found

Common Themes

jacob-zuma south-africa 2009 african-national-congress africa corruption politics robert-mugabe zimbabwe 2010 britain british civilisation culture-of-africa good-governance patronage polygamy racism self-control sex superiority-complex westminster elections government kleptocracy leftism sa-general-election-2009 voluntarism zanu-pf apartheid

“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric, was wrong, inferior in whatever way.' But the serious critique of Zuma i...”
— Mark Gevisser
2010 africa britain british

“Remember one thing as South Africa prepares to go to the polls this week and the world grapples with the ascendancy of the African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma: South Africa is not Zimbabwe....”
— Mark Gevisser
2009 african-national-congress corruption elections

“There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence (now called 'state security' in ...”
— Mark Gevisser
2009 african-national-congress apartheid communications

“Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checkednot least by his own party, which set a continental precedent by ousting Thabo Mbeki in 2007, after it felt he...”
— Mark Gevisser
2007 2009 africa african-national-congress