Zuma's weakness: he does not read

[James]

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

 

[Voicy]

I doubt std3 reading levels really apply to government bills. Can't say I blame the dude.

No, wait, I can.

 

[to0kenZA]

Hahahaha!! This title made me laugh quite hard!

 

[Edelweiss]

"You expect me to sit behind books all day like a caucasian??"

 

[Ike_009]

Not surprised, he never cares about anything happening in SA so this just shows how disconnected he is from the job. Dudes just a pathetic dancer

 

[DieGrootHammer]

Made me think of this...

 

[McT]

Not reading is just one of his weaknesses. He a growing list of weaknesses, but he wouldn't know about it because he does not read and his minions and henchmen are too scared to tell what he should have read.

 

[FriedPet]

I wonder how many more elections before we get a real president...one that actually does something...

 

[Necuno]

Another puppet another day in Africa.

 

[Voicy]

I wonder how many more elections before we get a real president...one that actually does something...

I think we're better off spending our time practising Mandarin than sit around and wait for that.

 

[reedOsama]

Another puppet another day in Africa.

What does this even mean? Is Zuma the puppet, are we the puppets and how is this exclusive to Africa?

 

[okuhle94]

Well, no surprise there....

I like the picture used for this article.....his eyes covered up with US Dollars....shows that he only cares, goes over the extra mile for his own personal gain.

 

[Wyzak]

How sure are we that he actually has the ability to read?

 

[McT]

How sure are we that he actually has the ability to read?

Given his dodgy track record, it is fair to say that there is sufficient reason to doubt any claims that he can read.

 

[Ichigo]

How sure are we that he actually has the ability to read?

Doesn't he read speeches which someone wrote for him?