The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is under pressure to take action against President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward to show it is unbiased after he wrote what many consider a racist open letter. Edward Zuma caused uproar last week when he wrote that Pravin Gordhan and Derek Hanekom were askaris or "sellouts" and accused them of protecting white monopoly capital. The ANC and the South African Human Rights Commission say Edward Zuma’s letter promotes hatred on the basis of race. Both said they would take action against him. But on Saturday, Edward Zuma said he viewed the commission as "a vile dog unleashed to maul the black majority‚ to manage them‚ to sanitise their history and to keep them in check when expressing their history and articulating their black pain". He said he was unfazed by any threats of action by the commission. The commission warned at the weekend that Edward Zuma could land up in jail if he persisted with his racist vitriol. Spokeswoman Gail Smith said it would be communicating w...
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