THOSE paying attention will attest that Jacob Zuma is no stranger to capitalising on political and legal troubles. At the watershed ANC elective conference in 2007, Zuma turned the tables on the incumbent, Thabo Mbeki, despite facing legal troubles. While Zuma and his new uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) fight court battles, they are making headlines and receiving wide publicity.
The result is that Zuma and his MK Party are eliciting sympathy and recognition from some voters – not bad for a new political party that is dreaming of winning a two-thirds majority.
Back in 2005, President Mbeki