The song remains the same for Jacob Zuma.

Byline: Sibongakonke Shoba

The song remains the same for Jacob Zuma Mshini Wami will still be heard, but only at the right time and place, writes IF YOU thought Jacob Zuma would stop singing his trademark Mshini Wami song now that he is president, you were mistaken, because he sang it on Sunday. Before he became president, the song, an adaptation of a freedom fighter's call for a machine gun, was interpreted by many as Jacob Zuma's plea to be given an opportunity to be govern and a protest that his enemies were delaying his rise.

The Zuma version is a remix that includes a line niyangibambezela (you are delaying me), which he belts out energetically. This war cry …