This just in: "Zuma's moral character flawed"

I don't believe it. Could it really be? Could the bastion of moral fortitude and uprightness that is JZ possibly have a crack in his otherwise flawless armour?

Say it aint so...

There will, without doubt, be a vast amount of articles and postings about the statements made this week by UNISA rector, Barney Pityana.

Here are some of the pearls:

"To many of us, Jacob Zuma remains a flawed character in his moral conduct; he has been indicted for serious crimes that involve corruption and dishonesty."

"Anyone aspiring to become a head of state must understand the obligation that binds one to honour the spirit and the letter of the Constitution, to order their personal conduct as if it is an open constitutional text [and] to internalise its precepts as binding on one's life."

"This is the same as electing convicted criminals to high political office, by advocating criminal conduct as political and thus making it acceptable to subvert the law."

"When leaders do that they numb citizens to aversion to such conduct and make it a very attractive "cat-and-mouse" game as long as one does not get caught."

These are damning statements indeed, and do not lack substance. Jacob Zuma certainly makes no visible effort to ensure that, morally at least, he is beyond reproach, but rather subverts discussion thereby indicating his perception that he is above it.

What worries me far more is that this comes as a surprize to many. Too many people simply ignore the transgressions of political figures or treat them as understandable owing to past attrocities, thereby tacitly ratifying them and fostering a political "hit & run" culture.

For South Africa's sake People, we have to wake up and rid our land of this element. Jacob Zuma is the tip of a corrupt iceberg.

He is too arrogant to give a damn.