Loverboy presidents are the bomb

Drawing a parallel between the terrorist JFK and cuddly care-taker Kgalema is somewhat unfortunate. But in light of his comments about Zimbabwe and the rand, perhaps Motlanthe does harbour imperial ambitions.

Khadija you write "As many of these selfsame pundits and 'feminists" will know - particularly those whose husbands keep mistresses on the side o puling a morality card is the refuge of the scoundrel.' - What are you suggesting? stop the talk, let's have an orgy instead?

The you move into the racial diatribe of Anglo Saxon morality. Not all African approve of or encourage polygamy; and in the same breath no one can legally stop anyone from practicing poligamy.

In Jacob Zuma we are looking for a president who can lead South Africa.He meets the requirements. So I have no problem with him becoming a President.In K Motlante we have a Caretaker President and so far so good.When we want a Minister of Religion we will say so and it is then that we will look at the attributes of a minister of religion.People should drop that morality crap as none of us have that one way or the other.Morality depends on which side of the fence you are standing on. So let us drop the holy cow nonsense. Sipiwo Pahlane.

Lovely article! Sadly the comments above all indicate that we still live in an overly uptight "we are all victims of something or other" society.

@Greg - not everything on this planet that is outside of your world view is an imperialist plot. Not every European or European descendant is a colonialist. Its more complicated than that.

@ Kaycee - lighten up! Sexuality is fun, its interesting and again its complicated. Male virility/prowess does not take anything away from women.

Scrutinise your morality, there is much about Victorian values (i.e. Anglo Saxon morality) that can make you unnecessarily unhappy. Which fork you use to eat is irrelevant all of the time. Having to chose a single life partner is irrelevant some of the time.

Loverboy president JFK didn't overburden taxpayers with the cost of maintaining multiple wives, kids and households. let's face it, this family ain't going to shop at Ackermans and Jet, now are they? As far as I'm concerned JZ can sow his plentiful seed as he sees fit but I do have a problem with having to foot the bill for his and his extended families' extravagant lifestyle.

Well said Khadija!!! It's so refreshing to hear a different view that is not trying to be politically correct. What a President does in his personal/private life is none of anybody's business. If women want to be part of a multiple-partner arrangement I say it's their choice. That a man has more than one wife or partner has absolutely no relationship with his leadership qualities. Women also have extra-marital affairs, and those affairs have no bearing whatsoever on their lives as employees, managers, executives etc. It's a free country. Kaycee, don't have an orgy - but please don't judge me for wanting an orgy!!!

Yep, private lives are private lives - as long as the bills are kept private too - I'd like to know what the limits are in terms of allowances, residenses, bodyguards, transport, etc when it comes to the president, multiple wives and children.

But if JZ can find some kind person to foot the bills (and he has a history of success with that), then what the heck. Let him have 100 wives, what business is it of ours?

But really, there are many, much more compelling reasons not to want JZ to be president. All strength to the NDPP.

KM for president!

"There is something more than slightly patronising in the assumption that alternative lifestyle choices are contra bonos mores(contrary to good morals)."

And there is something unbelievably arrogant in the assumption that you and your philandering sexist political leaders know better!

Oh dear! How hypocritical we are. Most of the comments seem to miss the point of the article, which is that we are all quick to find fault with and condemn JZ, whilst revering JFK with not so much as a thought for his clandestine peccadillo’s or his morality.
It is a bit like someone condemning someone for taking drugs while sipping on their own glass of whisky.
I am not a JZ fan, but all too often I find him being condemned unfairly, even convicted in the public’s mind for crimes that no-one has yet been able to prove, despite some nine years of trying. Oh yes, we are all experts on his guilt, but sadly we make these judgements based purely on emotion and without any real knowledge of the facts.
At least he hasn’t had any of his wives put to death, or defied Rome and started a new church so that he could divorce them, or had to lie about clandestine affairs with them.
Why, one could have written may juicy tales about the members of our own previous Government, but of course one didn’t dare – they were too oppressive and frightening for anyone to cross on such minor matters.

I just wish I had written something along the lines of this article first.

Only yourself know what you talking about...the rest of us are saying:

Hands-off JZ!!!

Culture,personal choice, public expenditure concerns aside, it is common knowledge that cumulative tendencies are a proxy indicator of greed. This is a quality of concern for someone who is going to have power over national resources; material or otherwise.

Mbuya Munlo.

Our future president can have the ladies queueing up outside his door for all I care.

It is however the fact that his attitude towards women and how they should be treated that is in question as well as that this is on top of the fact that his choice in friends is suspect, he cannot manage his financial affairs and that there are many questions about his honesty and integrity.

Putting that all together makes us the laughing stock of the world should we vote for such a nitwit as a president, a president who may be in office whilst having to go to court to try and prove himself innocent in a legal matter.

Nowhere but in South Africa can such idiocy occur.