Zuma rebukes ‘seekers of positions’
KwaZulu-Natal branch members are preoccupied with succession speculation, but president tells KwaDukuza bash to tone it down
Members of the ANC were obsessed with positions, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday at the party’s 105th birthday celebrations in KwaDukuza, where he discouraged debate about the next ANC leader. But in spite of the party’s efforts to contain it, the race to succeed Zuma as ANC president is in full swing and it overshadowed birthday celebrations that took place at the weekend. Zuma made an unplanned visit to KwaDukuza, where he addressed supporters, saying: "Let’s refrain from discussing succession. That time will come. We’re not saying people shouldn’t express themselves, this is a democracy. But how you express yourself tells what kind of a leader you are. There are leaders who unite and leaders who sow division." At a different event in the Eastern Cape, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa — who has made his presidential ambitions known — said the ANC was bedevilled by its own leaders, who were greedy as they fought over resources for themselves.
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