Zuma jokes with rural communities that he will retire into farming
The president was speaking at the launch of Operation Vula in KZN, which plans to radically alter the economy of and for agrarian communities
President Jacob Zuma has joked that when he retires in two years’ time he will venture into farming. He was speaking on Tuesday at the official launch of Operation Vula — KwaZulu-Natal’s grand plan to radically alter its economy for the benefit of black Africans. Zuma had to leave an urgent ANC meeting in preparation of the ruling party’s policy conference to attend the launch of Operation Vula and the Radical Agrarian Socio-Economic Transformation programmes in Ixopo outside Pietermaritzburg. He arrived just after 3pm, despite KwaZulu-Natal premier Willies Mchunu’s earlier announcement that the president would not attend the event where he was scheduled to be a keynote speaker. Zuma arrived to rapturous applause from a packed marquee at the local stadium.
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