"Interestingly, Jacob Zuma has done just fine by rich Whities—or at least he was doing fine by them, until he started screwing with their finance ministry. "

I disagree.  I think "rich Whities"have done relatively fine despite Zuma simply because they are smart enough and have sufficient resources to work around the blocks put in their way, not because there was any sort of collusion, overt or covert.