ANC fails to quell succession discord
The NEC says pronouncing on names in the leadership battle is off-limits, while the ANC Women’s league backs Dlamini-Zuma
President Jacob Zuma delivered an ill-timed injunction to ANC members on Sunday to refrain from mentioning names in the leadership battle, just as other party leaders squared up at the weekend, affirming that the race for the top will be between AU chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. The injunction formed part of the ANC’s traditional January 8 statement, which is intended to set the line of march for the movement for the year. However, while the ANC aspires to control its fiercely contested leadership battles and shuns open campaigning, it is yet to put the lid on bruising battles successfully. In a precursor to the year — the ANC elects new leadership at the end of 2017 — the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) came out in support of Dlamini-Zuma late on Saturday, after it was party to drawing up the statement at a national executive committee (NEC) meeting held before Sunday’s rally in Soweto. The statement declared that for now, pronouncing on names wa...
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