ANC ructions play out as Zuma gets cold shoulder
Kathrada’s funeral is the second at which Zuma has been snubbed
President Jacob Zuma pointedly not being asked to give a speech at the funeral of struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada has underlined the political ructions playing out within the ANC. Kathrada’s funeral is the second at which Zuma has been snubbed. The late Makhenkesi Stofile, a former sports minister and South African ambassador to Germany, instructed his family on his deathbed not to invite Zuma to his funeral. Former foreign affairs director-general Sipho Pityana delivered a moving eulogy at Stofile’s funeral and also used the occasion to tear into Zuma. The state’s delegation to Kathrada’s funeral on Wednesday will be led by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Kathrada had run-ins with the president and, in a letter published in April 2016, bluntly called on him to step down. "I have always maintained a position of not speaking out publicly about any differences I may harbour against my leaders and my organisation, the ANC," he wrote. "I would only have done so when I thought that some i...
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