POLITICS LIVE: The growing political showdown between Makhura and Zuma
'What is unraveling here is not just a party political construct. The fact is that national and provincial government are no longer on the same page in Gauteng and the Western Cape'
The ANC's inner turmoil has been spilling out into the open for some time now. It is clear that it is divided and that the key fault line jags its way to President Jacob Zuma's office. There are those who support Zuma and those who don't. What is new is the open hostility that has begun to emerge in the public space. The ANC's youth and women's leagues have spoken out against the continued tenure of the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, openly calling for the Treasury to be transformed into a political machine which serves their purposes. Given that they are not very well disguised proxies for the Gupta empire, those purposes are unlikely to coincide with the best interests of the nation. A special National Executive Committee meeting is taking place today and EWN is quoting unnamed members of this committee as saying they will urge that Gordhan be dismissed. Zuma, they are saying under the cloak of anonimity, must "have the guts to fire the minister, even if the rand falls". Meanw...
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