The Zuma government, with its ‘fat cat’ tendencies, has failed to define a coherent economic policy.
![Julius Malema's populist discourse on economic redistribution may sound like music to the ears of some destitute African youth, writes Darracq [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145411301878734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

The Zuma government, with its ‘fat cat’ tendencies, has failed to define a coherent economic policy.
![Julius Malema's populist discourse on economic redistribution may sound like music to the ears of some destitute African youth, writes Darracq [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145411301878734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Why France did not want to be dragged into the conflict in the Central African Republic.
![France deployed troops in CAR after violence erupted between rebel groups [AFP/Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20142982225788734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)