‘The ANC has turned its back on South Africa’
Save SA vows to up the ante to see Zuma removed in spite of Mantashe’s ‘no motion of no confidence’
THE ANC missed a "golden opportunity", when its national executive committee (NEC) failed to remove President Jacob Zuma as leader of the country, Save SA said on Tuesday.The campaign, which has been calling for Zuma to step down, said it was disappointed with the ANC NEC’s decision to affirm him as president."The ANC has turned its back on South Africa. And the NEC’s failure to remove Zuma must be interpreted as a further endorsement of corruption and misgovernment," it said in a statement on Tuesday.ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday told reporters that a proposal that Zuma step down was discussed at the three-day NEC meeting in Pretoria at the weekend.However, a consensus was reached."There was no motion of no confidence in that meeting. We affirm him [Zuma] as the President of the ANC and the Republic," Mantashe said.This has not deterred the Save SA campaign, which said it would continue with its people’s motion of no confidence in Zuma."Our call for Zuma to go, an...
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