THE newly-elected ANC leadership in KwaZulu-Natal says it takes strong exception to media reports that it is distancing itself from former President Jacob Zuma during his fraud and corruption charges. The ANC in the province sharply criticised Business Day for a report in which it quoted the newly elected chair, Sihle Zikalala, speaking to radio station SAFM on Monday morning, in which he said the ANC needed to discuss the approach on supporting Zuma with the party’s national executive committee (NEC). Zuma returns to the dock on Friday in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg to face graft charges, with a brand new legal team. The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says its supporters and members are free to support the former president, provided that they do so in their individual capacity, do not wear ANC colours and do not use the occasion to swear at, or denounce, elected ANC leaders — as per a decision by the NEC. Business Day ran a story which quoted Zikalala as saying that the KwaZulu-Natal ...
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