South Africa: State Capture - Nelson Mandela Foundation Says Zuma Has Failed As President

The Nelson Mandela Foundation added its voice to the growing national campaign to hold to account President Jacob Zuma and other individuals who the foundation says has been responsible for compromising the state and looting resources.

The foundation released the statement as lawyers for opposition parties argued in the North Gauteng High Court that the Public Protector's final report on State Capture should be made public.

In the strongest statement ever issued, the Nelson Mandela foundation said it was painful "to bear witness to the wheels coming off the vehicle of our state" and this as the third anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela was approaching,

Nelson Mandela Foundation Says Zuma Has Failed As President

"We have seen a weakening of critical institutions such as the South African Revenue Service, the National Prosecuting Authority and law enforcement bodies due to political meddling for private interests.
We are reaping the results of a political trend of personalising matters of state around a single individual leader.

This in a constitutional democracy is to be deplored," the Foundation said in a statement.

The Foundation added that the ability and commitment of the Head of State as a 'constitutional being', was one of the wheels of the South African state.

"The unanimous...