ANC and SA are ready for a woman to lead, says Zuma
The president says he will not contest the party leadership, and says the real story about corruption is how the ANC is exposing it
President Jacob Zuma says the ANC and SA are ready for a woman as president and he will not contest party’s leadership at the elective conference in December. Zuma was speaking on Wednesday evening during an hour-and-a-half interview broadcast on four of the SABC’s Nguni language stations, Ukhozi FM (Zulu), Umhlobo Wenene (Xhosa), Ligwalagwala FM (Swazi) and Ikwekwezi FM (Ndebele). Zuma’s call for a woman president is widely seen as a tacit endorsement for his ex-wife, outgoing African Union chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to succeed him as ANC president. Dlamini-Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to go head-to-head for the top job. Trade union federation Cosatu has come out in support for Ramaphosa while the so-called "premier league" faction, led by the premiers of the Free State, Mpumalanga and the North West, and whose leaders and members have been vociferous in defending Zuma, is working hard behind the scenes to see to it that Zuma’s ex-wife succeeds him...
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