{"id":26318,"date":"2013-12-12T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/12\/jacob-vs-barrack\/"},"modified":"2013-12-12T16:48:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:48:57","slug":"jacob-vs-barrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/jacob-vs-barrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob vs Barrack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u2018wooden\u2019 speech by South African Presiden, Jacob Zuma has come in for a lot of negative comments in the media \u2013 unfair in a way as his speech is being compared to that of one of the world\u2019s greatest orators, Barrack Obama.<\/p>\n

But, in a dancing and singing contest Zuma is still tops \u2013 see the 3 videos below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

President Jacob Zuma sings \u201cKill the Boer\u201d at ANC Centenery Celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Barack Obama said that Nelson Mandela \u201cmakes me want to be a better man\u201d at his memorial service in Johannesburg<\/a>. As well as hailing the late President, Obama also used the opportunity to chide other world leaders who he said claimed solidarity with Mandela\u2019s struggle for freedom \u201cbut do not tolerate dissent from their own people\u2026 There are too many of us who happily embrace Madiba\u2019s legacy of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality.\u201d He made the comment in front of an audience of leaders that included Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, Cuban President Raul Castro and Zimbabwe\u2019s president, Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n

Following his speech, he then shook the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro, a rare gesture between the leaders of two nations at loggerheads for more than half a century. Relations between Cuba and the US have been frozen since soon after Cuba\u2019s 1959 revolution led by Raul\u2019s brother Fidel Castro. Report by Sophie Foster.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

South African President Jacob Zuma was booed as he prepared to speak at the memorial to Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium. As President Zuma took to the stage he faced an unruly crowd and ceremony organisers cut in with a choir to drown out the hostile reaction. Mandela\u2019s death on Thursday has diverted attention from a slew of corruption scandals in Zuma\u2019s administration, while underscoring the gulf between South Africa\u2019s first black president, a towering figure of the 20th century, and its fourth. Zuma\u2019s reception was a marked contrast to the rock-star welcome for Obama, one of about 90 world leaders bidding farewell to Mandela in Johannesburg. Report by Sarah Johnston.<\/p>\n

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