I am not a deputy just because I’m a woman, says Lindiwe Sisulu
One of the least likely contenders to lead the ANC says she has a plan to unite the party, root out corruption and get the country back on track
SA’s future is being undermined by rampant corruption and faction fights in the ANC ahead of its conference to choose a new leader to success President Jacob Zuma, Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says. Sisulu, who is vying to succeed Zuma as the ANC leader at the party’s national conference in December, made her comments on Wednesday in a wide-ranging discussion at a town hall meeting in Johannesburg hosted by Radio 702. She is considered an outside contender in a race in which Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the president’s ex-wife and former chairwoman of the African Union Commission, are widely seen as the frontrunners. Sisulu ruled out accepting the position as deputy on either ticket. "I was approached to run for president of the ANC and ultimately those people did not ask me to be a deputy," Sisulu said. "I am not a deputy to anyone. I am not a deputy just because I am a woman." The task of uniting the ANC after the damage to the party’s ...
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