TWEET OF THE WEEK: #PaidANCArrogance
Jacob Zuma and the ANC’s Gauteng chapter flounder in a sea of arrogance and denial, writes Gareth van Onselen
Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @GautengANC for:"We are confident of victory on 03 August ?#Asinavalo #siyanqoba #ANCEverywhere" Profile: @GautengANC is the official twitter account of the ANC in Gauteng. It has 99.3k followers on Twitter. Citation: In a disgraceful interview with ANN7 prior to the 2016 local government elections, President Jacob Zuma spoke at length about the party’s prospects.The interview, published on July 7, was a disgrace because about two-thirds of the way through the interviewer totally abandoned whatever fragile attempt at objectivity he had managed to muster and openly started to talk about "we", "us" and "our" in reference to the ANC. "I am always wonderi...
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