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Former President Jacob Zuma defended his term as head of state, claiming that the narrative that his nine-year presidency was a waste was “dishonesty” and “propaganda.”
Zuma was conversing with her son Duduzane during part 3 of a three-part series, called “Zooming with the Zumas”.
“If you were an honest person, you said these nine years were wasted. That is the greatest dishonesty. Particularly if you were part of the things that were happening. I only mention a few,” Zuma said in the video.
Zuma said he could continue his views on his years in office, arguing that whoever said the years were wasted “was just propaganda.”
In the third part of the videos, Duduzane asks his father to expand his thoughts on the narrative that his years as president were a waste.
In his response, Zuma said he believed that much progress had been made in the country during his time in office.
Among the achievements for which the former president congratulated himself was the initiation of the National Development Plan.
“It is still a problem if we are implementing it as I anticipated, it is a different matter, but at least we have a plan for the country. It cannot be said that it is a waste of time,” the former president said in the video. lasting more than 46 minutes.
He also said that he had implemented multiple departments, which had made a change in the country, such as rural development and basic education, to name a few.
It is not the first time that the former ANC leader has responded to critics regarding his tenure as head of state.
News24 previously reported that it had done so after President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of “nine years lost” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in February 2019.
The former president dismissed those who said there was political uncertainty during his tenure, saying that some of those same people were part of those nine years.
Education
Zuma told her son that rural development had not been a department before, and after its creation, people from many areas were able to receive assistance. He added that, instead of theorizing about rural development, he had decided to put it into practical practice when starting said department.
Zuma said dividing the education sector into basic and higher education was another achievement.
At that time, before separating the two, Zuma stated that the results of the registration of national higher certificates fluctuated and there was no certainty in this regard. He said he believed that the base of scholars was important, so he decided to establish a separate department for basic education.
“That has helped create a base in South Africa that, today, the problem of a matrix pass is no longer an assumption, it is a certainty. This is what I did,” he said.
Zuma added that once the basic education department was up and running, many of those who had not agreed with him during the consultation began to realize that he was right.
He added that the fight to stop HIV and AIDS in the country was another success.
During the first part of the conversation, Duduzane goes into detail about the events surrounding the suicide of his mother, Kate Mantsho Zuma. The second part sparked controversy when former ANC NEC member Frank Chikane was called a liar by young Zuma.
In reaction to the broadcast, Chikane warned the former president and accused the young Zuma of creating “falsehoods.”
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