PARTY TURMOIL
XOLISA PHILLIP: Zuma has always thrust his sins in the arms of collective
The crisis gripping the party is not one of principle or even a battle over which ideas hold sway
President Jacob Zuma has had no qualms about invoking the ANC principle of the collective leadership bearing collective responsibility for the multiple crises in which he has plunged the party. The ANC in Gauteng was even castigated for calling on him "to do the right thing" when the Nkandla debacle dragged on and threatened the party’s prospects in the local government elections. Nkandla was a scandal of his own making, but Zuma had no problem hiding behind the collective. Parliament was turned into a theatre of multiple, ill-advised spectacles that demonstrated how the ANC collective exercises collective responsibility. If anything, the president ought to be commended for his consistency in showing that he only cares about himself and will use whatever means necessary to serve his interests. This behavioural pattern was there in the build-up to him becoming party and state president. Nothing has changed since Zuma took over.When he did the unthinkable in December 2015 by removing...
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