CAROL PATON: Race is on to get chaotic NEC to make the right decision
NEC middle-grounders will not wield the hatchet themselves to make Zuma’s exit happen
The last time the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) discussed President Jacob Zuma’s future, it couldn’t make it over the decision line. The question is whether this was because it did not have a strong enough consensus or because the ANC is just bad at finishing. In general the party tends not to nail things down, especially when controversial. It is not unusual for opposing groups to continue to interpret decisions and resolutions differently for years after a resolution has been taken, due to the fuzziness of decision-making. That’s how three weeks ago the Sunday newspapers could chant in unison after the NEC meeting that Zuma was to step down in days, and how ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte could tell us a week later that only six people had proposed that Zuma step down. What everyone does agree on from the last NEC meeting was that the top six officials were asked to handle the discussion with Zuma on his future. But with the NEC not having taken a resolution,...
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