SIEGE POLITICS
Troubled Jacob Zuma retreats to his home province
The president complains at year-end functions of being maliciously targeted by political opponents
A besieged President Jacob Zuma spent most of the December holidays re-energising his political power base in his KwaZulu-Natal home area. As has become the norm each time he is under siege, Zuma retreated to his home province, attending and addressing a number of functions ranging from local soccer tournaments to Christmas parties and church services. Zuma is expected to bow out as president of the ANC at the party’s December conference and is said to be pushing for former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to take over from him. Though the topics he tackled at these year-end gatherings were as varied as the meetings he attended, the common thread was his complaint that he was being maliciously targeted by political opponents. At one of the events, an "Economic Freedom" lecture organised by the ANC Youth League in Durban, he said he would prioritise education and economic transformation. He also gave his side of the story about his firing of former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene, saying "...
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