TWEET OF THE WEEK: The ANC’s dark magic
Superstition and rationality are forced to fight for ascendency inside the ANC
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 @robrose_za for:"Inches short. Zuma gets 198 votes in his favour, 177 against & 9 abstentions. Now expect a witchhunt in ANC for who voted against him ..." Profile: Rob Rose is the editor of the Financial Mail, the former editor of the Business Times, at the Sunday Times, and author of a number of books, including Grand Slam. He has just over 2,100 followers on Twitter. Citation: Rob Rose called it exactly right, there does now appear to be an appetite — certainly among President Zuma’s supporters — for those MPs who voted in favour of the motion of no confidence in him, to be disciplined. But, as ever with the ANC, an organisation about as coherent a...
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