South African President Jacob Zuma's bungling over the finance minister position has left him politically vulnerable. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoMayhem is the only word that can describe President Jacob Zuma’s shock reversal of the appointment of almost-minister of finance Desmond van Rooyen. Markets welcomed the move to a well-known and trusted Pravin Gordhan, the former … [Read more...] about Why the actions of South Africa’s president have rendered him a lame duck | The Conversation