President Jacob Zuma's weakness is that he reads too little, political analyst Richard Calland said on Thursday.

"It's not that he can't read, it's that he doesn't read and he doesn't read the proper stuff; he doesn't read Cabinet briefs, he doesn't read stuff that is the meat and drink of modern, sophisticated government," he told the Cape Town Press Club.

"It is not easy for one to have such disrespect of our president. The truth is we have...read more here: Zuma's weakness: he does not read