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South Africa: ANC Postpones Decision on Zuma's Fate... For Now
allAfrica, 5 February 2018
Talks among leaders of the African National Congress on the future of President Jacob Zuma ended late Monday without any announcement on his fate. Read more »
The African National Congress (ANC) is at pains to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma but they seem very concerned about him leaving "with dignity". After a meeting called by the Top 6 of the National Executive Committee and the National Working Committee of the party, Zuma still refuses to budge. He claims that the "people still love him". The big issue though is having two centres of power within the party, namely Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa elected as the President of the ANC and Jacob Zuma as the president of the Republic of South Africa. As the State of the Nation Address looms large, predictions are that it will once again be marred by protests as opposition parties have called for Zuma to stand down from the proceedings AND the presidency.
South Africa: Opposition Plans to 'Give Ramaphosa Bigger Headache Than Zuma'
News24Wire, 5 February 2018
EFF leader Julius Malema on Monday warned ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa that the party plans to give him more of a headache than it did President Jacob Zuma. Read more »
South Africa: 'The People Still Love Me,' Zuma Tells ANC
News24Wire, 6 February 2018
An "arrogant" President Jacob Zuma told the ANC's top six during their meeting on Sunday night that the "people still love him", sources inside the party's national working… Read more »
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has announced that the State of the Nation address, which was due to be delivered on Thursday, has been postponed to a date yet to be announced. The postponement comes after the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters wrote to Mbete requesting that President Jacob Zuma not be allowed to deliver the address.
Read more »The body in the African National Congress which has the power to order President Jacob Zuma to resign is to meet on Wednesday, the day before Zuma is scheduled to appear at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town to outline the government's legislative agenda for the year.
In Johannesburg, militant pro-Zuma supporters leading a "Hands off Zuma" demonstration to the African National Congress' headquarters clashed violently with a group of ANC supporters.
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