In 2012, when the kleptocratic Jacob Zuma ruled the roost, and South Africa was mired in similar levels of despair, the late Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer, wrote in her final novel, No Time Like the Present:
ໃນປີ 2012, ໃນເວລາທີ່ kleptocratic Jacob Zuma ໄດ້ປົກຄອງຊັ້ນສູງ, ແລະອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້ໄດ້ຖືກຫລໍ່ຫລອມໃນລະດັບຄວາມສິ້ນຫວັງທີ່ຄ້າຍຄືກັນ, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບລາງວັນໂນແບນ Nadine Gordimer ໄດ້ຂຽນໃນນະວະນິຍາຍສຸດທ້າຍຂອງນາງ, No Time Like the Present: