In Jacob Zuma's latest purge and reshuffle of his uMkhonto Wesizwe party, Duduzane Zuma, the twin of sacked Duduzile Zuma, has been appointed first deputy president. A boy with a taste for the good life, Duduzane's politics are more barren than his sister's. In his early adult life he was donated to the Gupta family by his father as part of the State Capture package deal. The Guptas made him artificially rich.

On the eve of Jacob Zuma's announcement of yet another purge and reshuffle of his uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party, a clip circulated of his warning exactly that. It is not clear when and where the meeting was, but judging by the presence of recently recruited former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede in the front row it must be quite recent.

In the clip, Zuma says: "I did say from the beginning that I do not want any people to be elected because it is a problem. But I left it because the comrades said, 'Let's do it'. Now the problem that I was trying avoid is upon us. I wanted to do this alone and [be able to] say 'you and you and you', based on my knowledge of them..."

It concludes with Zuma promising that he is going to take matters into his own hands and make the appointments himself.

The context of the speech related to the local government elections nominations process, and heavily contested races for councillor positions and mayoral chains.

But it could well have been in relation to the dictatorial axing and elevation of people in the ranks of the party he launched in December 2016....