Soon after delivering his State of the Nation Address on 11 February to open the 2010 session of Parliament, President Jacob Zuma spoke of starting a national discussion regarding “moral regeneration”
. To be specific, the President’s pronouncement about the need to reflect on morality in our society came soon after news broke that he had recently fathered a child out of wedlock. This news made the pronouncement very ironic, to say the least. However, even more shocking, is that the President continued to add further irony to his drive for a moral society when he refused to declare his financial interests, as any person who holds an elected office in South Africa is required to do by law.
. To be specific, the President’s pronouncement about the need to reflect on morality in our society came soon after news broke that he had recently fathered a child out of wedlock. This news made the pronouncement very ironic, to say the least. However, even more shocking, is that the President continued to add further irony to his drive for a moral society when he refused to declare his financial interests, as any person who holds an elected office in South Africa is required to do by law.My advice to President Zuma
President Zuma has come under great attack for what many regard as lack of leadership
on his part and I must say that the President has played huge part in creating that perception of himself. My advice to the President is, do as you say if only because your citizens hold on to every word you utter. Perhaps we ought to change our priorities and instead of talking of moral regeneration, we first ought to reflect on honesty and integrity within society.
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