CAROL PATON: Zuma faces next-level opposition
While public campaign will not end rule, two parliamentary motions of no confidence have been requested
At last, after several years of wearying conflict between President Jacob Zuma and the progressive and more enlightened sections of the ANC, a new moment has arrived. Zuma’s dismissal of Pravin Gordhan and the rest of his cabinet reshuffle that pointedly affirmed his inept cronies and highlighted how deep in hock he is to the Gupta family has changed the game. While Zuma’s agenda of corruption and cronyism has been clear for years, the big difference now is that the ANC has abandoned the notion that it is better united behind Zuma than divided and has brought the fight into the open. The disaffected in the ANC and the public now have leaders whom they can fall behind. The statements by three of the ANC top six — deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize — condemning Zuma’s decisions and questioning his motives are unprecedented. Finally, it is game on. How will it unfold? Saturday’s memorial service for ANC veteran Ahmed Ka...
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