The next 12 months are make or break for Jacob Zuma.

He could end them as president of South Africa or he could wind up in jail on corruption charges in a court case which is still hanging over him.

Owen Bennett-Jones asks the African National Congress leader about his childhood, his days in the ANC during apartheid and the challenges that lie ahead for him and for South Africa.

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First broadcast 23rd May 2008