The disgraced former president and party leader is behind bars, humiliatingly escorted to prison by heavily armed police officers. His successor was profoundly apologetic: “The governing party could and should have done more to prevent corruption under my predecessor.” Of course, this wasn’t Robert Abela referring to Joseph Muscat. This was about Jacob Zuma, former South Africa president and anti-apartheid liberation hero. Until 2018, he commanded supreme control as leader of the mighty African National Congress (ANC) and president of the rainbow nation. Today, he is a broken man. Like Muscat, Zuma sold himself as the people’s leader and promised transparency and meritocracy. Like Muscat he was forced from office when it all ended badly.