Today, May 9, 2009, the country of South Africa held the inauguration ceremony for the newly appointed president, Jacob Zuma. Zuma was involved in a few scandals, sex scandals and charges of corruption. But he overcame those allegations and is now holding the highest office in the country. His campaign was based on the desire and the promise to fulfill the hopes and the dreams of the people of his country. As he ranks in popularity second only to Nelson Mandela, many went to the Cape Town car rentals offices, in order to find means of transportation to the ceremony. All those in attendance shouted their approval as Zuma walked to the stage, and he was honored by the praise singers in the traditional way of South Africa.
Zuma is the 4th president of the country in the last fifteen years, since the end of apartheid. He has known what it is to struggle in life. He was in the army and was the Chief of Intelligence for the African National Congress. He has survived many difficult circumstances, including the allegations mentioned above, and the events surrounding the power struggle between the members of his own political party. Zuma secured his presidency last Wednesday, when he won the election. Many of those living in the country look to Zuma as a man who knows their aspirations and who has experienced their struggles, much as the way President Barack Obama is viewed by the American people. These are two men who are loved by the people of their countries. In Zuma’s address to the public he stated that the sacrifices and struggles experienced in the life of South Africans will no long hold them down, but will now serve to inspire and to allow them to look towards the better life in the future the country that has been gained through the past hardship and bloodshed that has been endured.
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