Mantashe blames Cosatu for ‘spoiling the water’ in ANC succession battle
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and its affiliates are to blame for "spoiling the water" by jumping the gun on the succession battle in the ANC, said ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe. And while describing as "ill-timed"‚ the ANC Women’s League’s (ANCWL) pronouncement on Saturday that it would back Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for party president, Mantashe said it was merely an angry reaction to structures outside the party announcing their preferred candidates. The ANCWL’s announcement was made on the eve of the ANC’s 105th birthday celebration at Orlando Stadium on Sunday. It described Dlamini-Zuma as "an embodiment of leadership as espoused by ‘Through the Eye of the Needle’ "‚ a key ANC strategy and tactics document. In November‚ Cosatu’s central executive committee announced that it was backing deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa to take over at the ANC. This, an a number of its affiliates’ pronouncements of their support for Ramaphosa had triggered a lot of anger...
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