South Africa: Zuma's Speech Marks Ascendancy of Militant Hardliners

press release

A statement by Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance:

President Zuma's speech on the occasion of the ANC's 99th anniversary yesterday reflects an organisation so deeply divided, that its leaders can only enforce "discipline" through outdated Marxist-Leninist ideology – "democratic centralism", a Soviet-style "vanguard" party, cadre deployment, and increased party control over people's lives.

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