BUSINESS and labour are being urged from within their own ranks to take a stand against President Jacob Zuma, who is increasingly viewed as responsible for the loss of confidence in the government and the ANC.The moves, originating simultaneously from opposite sides of the political spectrum, indicate that Zuma is under siege and that his time as president could end earlier than the 2019 election.While AngloGold Ashanti chairman Sipho Pityana called on business leaders to take a political stand, saying it was time to act to force the government to change course, it emerged that the overwhelming majority of Cosatu affiliates want Zuma gone from the apex of government, immediately following an ANC national conference.Pityana, who sent shock waves through the ANC when he pleaded for Zuma to step down two weeks ago in a speech at the funeral of prominent ANC leader Arnold Stofile, has now taken his fight further. Writing to Business Unity SA (Busa), Business Leadership SA (BLSA) and the...
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