The (tag) cloud above Zuma's head

Andre Fourie

Newly-elected President Jacob Zuma delivered his first State of the Nation address this morning in Cape Town. It was a long speech that focused on addressing shortcomings in delivery, the fight against crime and the importance of a proper, effective education system.

If you, like me, lack both the time and the inclination to read through and decipher the speech, have a look at the tag cloud we've created of the entire address using Wordle. The full speech can be found here on the Government website.

Looking at the tag cloud, it seems that Zuma's most pressing priorities are 'development', 'economic' and 'ensure', which tells me that the government intends on tackling social problems such as crime and poverty as well as macro-issues such as the global economic recession by subjecting his ministers to constant performance reviews to ensure delivery and progress.

The speech was very positive, a little feel-good to be honest, and with all the immediate challenges facing our country only time will tell if he was being realistic or foolishly optimistic.

That said, I can't help but feel: "So far so good, Mr Zuma."

Comments

Nice one! I think you have summarized the essence exactly.

Emil on 2009/06/03

well with all said and done MSHINI WAMI, just like OBAMA must be given time to do wat they gotta do and from then after they have proved them selves worthy of the millions vote then can we start pushing them into toxins of critisism. Im not a ZUMA fan, but just let him be for now. Our first Darkie President

apple on 2009/06/10

Agree, as long as the nation doesn't follow JZ as the church follows JC.

Thanks for the sum-up Andre!
I haven't used Wordle before, but it definitely seems like a handy tool.

Elanza Mouton on 2009/07/10