Jacob Zuma finally confronts alliance partners
Both the SACP and Cosatu — the tripartite alliance governing the country — have called for the president to step down
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday met face to face with his alliance partners for the first time since the latest Cabinet reshuffle in which he axed key ally South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande. Both the SACP and Cosatu — the tripartite alliance governing the country — have called for the president to step down. The two allies are backing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to take over from Zuma at the December elective conference of the ANC. The president is backing MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Zuma came face to face with his detractors in the alliance for the first time since both organisations proclaimed they had lost confidence in him and that he should step down. This was the first time in seven months that the ANC had met its leftist allies, a key reflection of the frostiness in the alliance. Although not much detail about the meeting was released, the top officials from all three organisations attended. The mood in the room on the 11th floor of th...
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