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Jacob Zuma Quotes

born 1942 South Africa

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) GCB was the 5th President of South Africa, elected by parliament following the African National Congress's victory in the 2009 general election. He had previously served as Deputy President under Thabo Mbeki, and had replaced Mbeki as leader of the ANC in 2007 on a left-wing populist platform.

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Even today, I would fight and die for you. I say that without any hesitation because that is what I stood for when I joined the struggle. I will stand for it until the end.

Ever since I was born I have never been involved in corruption and I will never be corrupt.

One hundred and eleven thousand twohundred and sixty one hundred thousand.

All the trouble began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in the Cape.

Western paradigm brands this criminal.

Me?! What? I don’t know, unless I must go to the dictionary and learn what a crook is. I’ve never been a crook. ... I'm saying I'm not a crook, I have never been a crook. I will never be a crook.

South Africans cannot believe that a man who never went to school is the President and that is the reason why he must be attacked 24/7 ... No one has ever said it is a miracle for this man to have become president and wrote a column about it.

We are in an election year and it is not advisable for us to subscribe to the lie that the past decade has been a completely wasted one. It was the ANC in charge, and we should not be taking such a message of defeatism to those who have given us their votes, and trust.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jacob Zuma (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.