Goodwill Zwelithini says Jacob Zuma put the nation first by deciding to resign
Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has described former president Jacob Zuma’s decision to resign as head of state as an act of bravery."I would like to laud the decision of one of the sons of the soil in this province who was the president‚ Mr Zuma. I did not see his decision to resign as a sign of cowardice‚ and which he also did not view as sign of cowardice … but I saw it as a sign of bravery‚" Zwelithini said.He was delivering a keynote address during the official opening of the fifth KwaZulu-Natal legislature at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds, in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday.Zuma was also in the audience after he made a surprise appearance at the ceremony — his third public appearance after his resignation.The king praised Zuma for putting the nation first‚ saying "it’s only a fool who would not accept Zuma’s decision". He said Zuma’s decision to quit avoided "bad history, which happens in other countries in Africa when political leadership wars end up being an impedimen...
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