IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi says President Jacob Zuma has the right to hire and fire as he pleases‚ without providing reasons. "I did constitutional law on nondegree purposes and I know‚ having run the KwaZulu government‚ [that] when a head of government makes a decision in his Cabinet‚ as far as I know‚ he is not obliged to consult anyone. So this [court] decision is very interesting because‚ if the judge is correct‚ it means that we are moving away from there‚" Buthelezi said on Friday. He was speaking on the sidelines of the National Foundations Dialogue Initiative (NFDI)‚ at the first of a series of dialogues to discuss the future of the country, which included former presidents Thabo Mbeki‚ FW de Klerk and Kgalema Motlanthe‚ and former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. The initiative is underpinned by eight foundations: the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe‚ FW de Klerk‚ Thabo Mbeki‚ Helen Suzman‚ Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy‚ Umlambo‚ Chief Albert Luthuli and Jakes Gerwel foun...
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