Edward Zuma now says he didn’t apologise to Gordhan and Hanekom
The president’s son, who was forced to apologise or face disciplinary action after his insulting letter about the two, now says he only apologised to the ANC
President Jacob Zuma’s controversial son‚ Edward‚ has made a dramatic U-turn about his apology to senior ANC leaders Pravin Gordhan and Derek Hanekom‚ saying he did not apologise to them but to the party.Edward’s reversal came just a day after his father decried ANC MPs who voted with the opposition in last week’s motion of no confidence in the president.Although the voting was done by secret ballot‚ Zuma singled out Hanekom for being implicated in voting to oust him. He told an event organised by the ANC Youth League in uPhongolo in northern KwaZulu-Natal that it was shocking that even the chairman of the ANC disciplinary committee [Hanekom] was implicated.On Monday, Edward issued a point of clarity on his apology: "I wish to state and place it on record that I only apologised to the ANC and not any individual on [sic] my open letters and it remains like that." He went on to say the clarification was issued "in my personal capacity and not as an ANC member nor as Jacob Zuma’s son"....
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