With the ANC succession battle in full swing ahead of the party’s national elective conference in December‚ President Jacob Zuma played with the minds of the delegates, reminding them that they were more powerful than him. "If when you elect a president, some people who have no right come to tell you this president must go‚" Zuma said. "They don’t consult you. You keep quiet. People take your right‚ you just keep quiet." His remarks come amid continuing calls for him to step down. Zuma has previously said he will only resign if asked to do so by the ANC. The remarks fly in the face of claims that most ANC branches in the country have been captured by business people to influence the outcome of conferences. On the courts‚ Zuma contradicted himself. In his prepared speech, he spoke about how he respected the judiciary. "We have, over the past two decades, developed a functional democratic state‚ with an executive‚ Parliament and judiciary that continue to execute their tasks‚ informed...
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