This day last year was bittersweet for former president Jacob Zuma because while the ANC rolled out the green and yellow carpet and threw a big bash for his 75th birthday‚ scores of South Africans took to the streets‚ calling for his downfall. An unfazed Zuma used the occasion to cement his position as the country’s head and eased the concern of his supporters amid growing calls for his removal. A confident and cool Zuma gave a lengthy address at his party in Klipspruit‚ Soweto‚ in which he brushed off calls by the opposition for him to step down. In closing his lengthy birthday speech‚ Zuma said he would be willing to step down only if that was what the ANC wanted. "Even if you tell me to resign tomorrow‚ I’ll do so without any animosity‚" he said in Zulu. He assured the crowd that he would lead the country until the end of his term in 2019‚ but was ready to vacate his position as the ANC head by December‚ referring to the party’s elective conference in Nasrec‚ Johannesburg. Howeve...
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