ANALYSIS | How Zuma uses war metaphor to fight allegations of graft in South Africa
Gallo Images/Thulie Dlamini Former president Jacob Zuma uses the metaphor of warfare in his language use with regards to his defiance of appearing at the Zondo commission, despite a Constitutional court ruling. Ansie Maritz Bertus van Rooy write that this allows the former president to construct a version of reality that suits his purposes. Early in February former President Jacob Zuma issued a statement defying a Constitutional Court decision compelling him to appear before the judicial commission probing grand corruption in South Africa. He used a war metaphor to explain why he would be ...