Zuma's climbed high - will he fall?(News)

From: Post (South Africa) | Date: March 5, 2008 | Copyright information

FOR how long will those who made such good use of Jacob Zuma, pictured, to climb to power within the African Natal Congress, continue the apparent hero-worship?

That Zuma faces many problems is self-evident. That having a likely President of our nation with multiple wives will most certainly prove awkward, even if not embarrassing - which wife will be the First Lady?

Or will the Arabs' practice of keeping all the wives hidden in a Zenana be followed?

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