Zuma must not leave office before 2019, says Hands Off Jacob Zuma campaign
The Unemployed Workers’ Union says Jacob Zuma is ‘under attack’, and is leading the charge to have him see out his presidential term of office
President Jacob Zuma must finish his term and not be removed before 2019, says a group of organisations running the Hands Off Jacob Zuma campaign."There are more than 14 organisations that are part of this … We believe that the President should leave the presidency in 2019 as he was elected by the people of SA‚" said Jabu Ntusi‚ president of the Unemployed Workers’ Union of SA."We don’t know what the pressure is for. We are waiting patiently for 2019. We are saying President Zuma must stay. He will leave in 2019 when his term of office finishes."It is certain individuals [who want Zuma to leave office]; it is not the ANC. To us as civil society we are saying that every day we read new stories about President Zuma. We are tired of those stories. We know that he is under attack because of the implementation of radical economic transformation."The union was expected to brief the media on Friday on its campaign to keep Zuma in Mahlamba Ndlopfu, the president’s official residence in Pret...
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