• Julius Malema: As ANC Youth League leader he said he’d kill for Zuma. After his dismissal from the ANC in 2012, Malema formed the Economic Freedom Fighters, which relentlessly opposes Zuma. • Blade Nzimande: The SA Communist Party leader so revered Zuma that in 2012 he called for a law to protect him against insults. More recently Nzimande said he would not have backed Zuma had he known about the "outrageous capture of the country by the Guptas". • Zwelinzima Vavi: The then Cosatu leader campaigned fiercely for Zuma to become president. He later apologised to the nation and now regards Zuma as having damaged the ANC and the country. • DD Mabuza: The current ANC deputy president was part of the "premier league" dedicated to Zuma, but backed Cyril Ramaphosa for ANC president in December. • Bheki Cele: Zuma so trusted Cele that he named him police commissioner in 2009, but had to sack him over a dodgy R1.7bn contract for police quarters. Cele last year described Zuma’s relationship w...
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