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Zooming with Zumas YouTube channel is aimed at eliciting public sympathy: Analyst

8 May 2020, 6:39 AM  |
Busi Chimombe Busi Chimombe |  @SABCNews
Former president Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzane have a dialogue on a new YouTube channel, titled "Zooming with the Zumas".

Former president Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzane have a dialogue on a new YouTube channel, titled "Zooming with the Zumas".

Image: YouTube/Vaultage TV

Former president Jacob Zuma and his son Duduzane have a dialogue on a new YouTube channel, titled "Zooming with the Zumas".

The broadcast of conversations between former President Jacob Zuma and his son, Duduzane, forms part of a political strategy aimed at, amongst others, eliciting public sympathy and targeting perceived opponents, according to political analyst Somadoda Fikeni.

He was commenting on the dialogue between the two men on a new YouTube channel, titled “Zooming with the Zumas”.

The conversations between father and son earlier this month cover a range of topics, including the passing of Duduzane’s mother, Kate and another family member, Nhlakanipho.

They also discussed the poisoning of Zuma and former Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza, now Deputy President.

Fikeni says there are a number of outcomes that the conversations seek to achieve.

He says, “It’s a sense of bitterness as a catharsis to say I think I have relieved myself of things that I think I know; the second one to win public sympathy ahead of trials; to profile the son Duduzane Zuma for what seems to be positioning for a future political career; and the last one might just be to try to target the people that are seen as political opponents.”

In the video below, SABC’s Samkelo Maseko filed a report on the YouTube channel:

 Niehaus defends the conversations

Umkhonto we Sizwe National Spokesperson, Carl Niehaus, has defended the conversations between Zuma and his son, saying they are not aimed at gaining public sympathy ahead of Zuma’s arms deal trial.

The Zumas have been criticised about their intentions and the timing of the dialogues as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.

Niehaus says, “I think it was just a decision to try and deal with these issues and try and highlight them. As you know there have been many questions asked about President Zuma’s health and also that was very directly linked to what happened to the very unfortunate warrant of arrest issued by the judge in the High Court of Pietermaritzburg. So, under those circumstances – those matters were going to come to the fore and were going to be dealt with in the public domain so that it happens now is at all not a surprise to me.”

Niehaus has also rejected Ekhuruleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina’s criticism on social media that the Zuma’s conversations can potentially detract from the important work of fighting the coronavirus.

I’m deeply disturbed and disappointed with the content of the video of the former President @PresJGZuma and his son @Duduzane__Zuma. Whatever the intentions, it is all in bad taste and insensitive. Can we all focus on the pandemic and allow Gov to lead us during this time.

— Mzwandile Masina (@mzwandileMasina) May 6, 2020

An emotional moment as a father and son come to terms with their corrupt past. I almost shed a tear. #Zoomingwiththezumas #ZoomingWithZumas #Zuma pic.twitter.com/wlcyk12MfS

— Bra Tito (@fan_mboweni) May 7, 2020

If JZ took advice from twitter muppets, he would never have been a president, and if Duduzane took advice from the same clowns he would never have been a millionaire. Simply put – the Zumas do what they want when they want and that’s why they are successful. #Zoomingwiththezumas

— Murakashi-in-Chief (@Tapfumaneyi1980) May 7, 2020

All #DuduzaneZuma is saying is that this is a pro-WMC lockdown and not a People driven lockdown.

Problem is when he refers to the poor, the so called Black middle class think he’s talking about someone else.

Weh Black middle class, let’s talk after covid.#Zoomingwiththezumas

— Socialist Khomanis’ (@SpiritOfNehanda) May 7, 2020

Below are videos from the YouTube channel, titled “Zooming with the Zumas” courtesy of Vaultage TV:

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