Jacob Zuma
publication date: Saturday, May 2, 2009 (part of Round XXXIX)
category: Government
clue: This recently-elected leader is about to show that black presidents can be every bit as corrupt and divisive as white ones.
explanation: A few days before this goo was published, Zuma was elected president of South Africa, a nation that had long struggled to elect black leaders, but he arrived in leadership after a long string of criminal charges including corruption. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Tony Peters, Ryan Dunn, and Jason Lemler