Zuma’s mollycoddling is justified criminologically, but not the damage he did to the country 17 Mar 2021 The attempts of the ANC’s top six to convince the former president to attend the Zondo hearings is a good example of an integrative shaming measure. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel - Pool/Getty Images) Malcolm X I don’t often agree with Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema because of his abrupt manner and somewhat authoritarian ways, but when he recently told the Democratic Alliance to “voetsek!” because of its criticism of his tea-drinking exercises with Zuma, I had to agree with him. Actually mollycoddling Zuma over his defiant stance to attend the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (incidentally, one he himself signed into law, albeit reluctantly) is justified from a criminological perspective.