Jacob Zuma Road: A-Looter-Continua

Luke Feltham Govan Whittles Malcolm Sekgothe Kevin Goliath 1 Kiri Rupiah

24 Oct 2017

President Jacob Zuma was honored in Nigeria with a statue and road named after him. But why was it named after him?

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Luke Feltham

Luke Feltham runs the Mail & Guardian's sports desk. He was previously the online day editor.

Govan Whittles

Govan Whittles is a general news and political multimedia journalist at the Mail & Guardian. Born in King William's Town in the Eastern Cape, he cut his teeth as a radio journalist at Primedia Broadcasting. He produced two documentaries and one short film for the Walter Sisulu University, and enjoys writing about grassroots issues, national politics, identity, heritage and hip-hop culture.