For Cyril Ramaphosa to win two-thirds majority in 2019, he needs Jacob Zuma, bishop tells prayer meeting
If President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC want a two-thirds majority in the 2019 national elections‚ they need former president Jacob Zuma. So said Bishop Timothy Ngcobo‚ the provincial secretary of the National Interfaith Council of SA (Nicsa)‚ during a prayer meeting to welcome Zuma back home in Nkandla on Thursday. The prayer meeting‚ attended by various religious leaders and by about 500 people at the Mnyakanya sports grounds near Zuma’s homestead‚ was organised by Nicsa in partnership with the Commission for Religious Affairs. Zuma was accompanied by two of his wives‚ Sizakele MaKhumalo Zuma and Tobeka Madiba-Zuma. "This is a prayer‚ this is not starting a new political party as was suggested on social media‚ but to say who wants a two-thirds majority must start with Msholozi [Zuma’s clan name]’‚" Ngcobo said.
However‚ the comments came after the ANC lost ward 7 in Nkandla to the IFP‚ despite Zuma campaigning in the area. A pro-Zuma group said on Thursday that they were co...
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