After South Africa’s week from hell , the trial of Jacob Zuma has been postponed until August 10 , and it will be months, perhaps even years, before a judicial panel decides whether or not the former president is guilty of corruption. His successor faces far swifter judgment in the court of public opinion.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is scrambling to undo the damage, physical and political, wrought by the widespread rioting in which over 210 people died. Although the trigger for the violence was the jailing of Zuma — on a contempt of court conviction — it soon became clear […]
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