Bruce's List
PETER BRUCE: Now, to save himself, Zuma has to go early
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads. There’s a press conference today at 2pm at the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg following the extended and fascinating weekend National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that discussed (to put it politely) the possibility of removing Jacob Zuma as head of state. Details are still murky so there is only one thing we can know for certain. The press conference will not begin at 2pm. It will start late. In fact, the warring pro and anti-Zuma factions in the NEC carried on arguing until about 11pm last night, about five hours after the party spokesman announced the place and time of the press conference. So the results of the meeting were not clear when he announced it. Of course some stuff is clear. Zuma will still be president by Christmas time. But, yes, he is much weaker for what happened in Pretoria over the weekend. This was an open rebellion of senior NEC members and cabinet ministers, triggered by a surprise motion from tourism minister De...
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