Jacob Zuma`s First 100 Days

The way the media and other sections of the chattering class have gone about the prospects of a Jacob Zuma presidency one couldn`t help by expect the heavens to fall on us in the then unlikely event of the man becoming president of the republic of South Africa.
As we all know, the April 22 general election gifted the ANC a near two-thirds majority which saw Zuma being comfortably elected South Africa`s fourth democratically-elected president after Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe respectively.
We once more became the envy of the world the three previous presidents were at hand to observe as the baton of government was passed on to Zuma - an obvious first in our conflict-ridden times.
Zuma went on to appoint a cabinet of men and women few could find fault in. Even the hard to please markets responded generously to the Zuma cabinet.
Then there was Archbishop Desmond Tutu who called to all to give Zuma chance and even had the generosity of equating the former with Barack Obama.
At the end of his first 100 days Zuma has been hailed by friends and foes alike. His approval ratings have soar.
We therefore can look to the future with pride and confidence knowing that the stewardship of the country is good hands.

GENESIS

We have just celebrated over a decade since our own icon Dr Nelson Mandela was inugrated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Our smooth transition to freedom and democracy was hailed by the world as a miracle.
So moved by this smooth transition was Archbishop Desmond Tutu that he proclaimed all of us the rainbow nation of God.
As if there was no end to the miraculous birth of our democracy in 2008 a sitting president, Thabo Mbeki, was recalled by his party the ANC and replaced by Kgalema Motlanthe. No blood was shed, no properties were destroyed. The country didn`t go up in smokes, neither did the sky fall on us.
On April 22 this year South Africans went to the polls to renew the mandate of govern. In keeping with how we do things in South Africans, it was all plain sailing. The cherry on top was when Jacob Zuma was inaugrated as our fourth democratically elected president of South Africa.
To the envy of the whole world Zuma`s inaugration was witnessed by all our past presidents with the third Kgalema Motlanthe, being in line to our deputy president.
Even as we find ourselves in a global economic recesion, we are confident that by working together we will once more pull together.
These interesting developments needed to be chronicled for posterity by South Africans from all walks of lives. Even us ordinary people have a role in this project. It is our country too, and so is it is our history.
We will not leave it to academics and others who have have historically enjoyed the monopoly to chronicle the history and developments of nations.
I have taken it upon myself to be the griot to chronicle our history in the manner that those who came before me did in West Africa. I will over time keep track of the history and developments of my people over time
The journey starts here and all are more than welcome to take front seats as this blog takes you to all sorts of exciting places - through polemics, poetry and personal experience. Feel free to leave your comments upon visiting this blog.
Africa - your time has come.