South African President Has Caught "Dictatorship Bug"

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa

I have never been to South Africa but, anyone that has been to the country seems to agree that, things are working well at least in most cities - which by the way is a great relieve when compared to other African countries. However, I am beginning to worry about their president - Jacob Zuma. He was reported to have warned the African public broadcaster not to report on calls for him to step down as president. 

A spokesman from South Africa Right2Know group said the interference 'makes a mockery of the principle of freedom of expression'. - Remember that, earlier this month, there was an attempt to muzzled the press when they showed the booing of President Zuma at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, the crowd booed his face every time it showed up on a big screen at the service. There has been times when newspapers houses were threatened with arrest, and imprisonment if they published pictures of his private mansion.

He is beginning to develop the same syndrome that many of African leaders has - "The fear of free press, and the beginning of dictatorship."