Sipho Pityana. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/LEON SADIKI/CITY PRESS10.57------Zuma's transition to lame-duck is almost completeThere are more signs that Jacob Zuma's hold on his party is weakening.The clearest sign of this occured at a gathering to bid Thuli Madonsela farewell as she finished her stint as public protector.These are the words of the ANC secretary general, Gwede Mantashe, as reported by City Press online:“I agree with premier David Makhura when he said you saved us from ourselves. You did and we never acknowledged that. You leave the ANC wiser as you go.”Mantashe added that “without the ANC, your work would not have been as exciting”.That's quite a statement. Madonsela's highest profile report was the one in which she found that Zuma had to pay back the money for Nkandla.Her final days in office were spent investigating claims of state capture by Zuma's friends, the Gupta family.On the fact that she had not finalised this report, Mantashe had this to say:“This thing of farewe...
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