Bruce's List: After Zuma survives the blues set in. But there’s a sliver lining
Bruce’s List: A guide to informed reads.So, no sooner had the ANC completed a fractious weekend national executive committee (NEC) meeting about recalling President Jacob Zuma — and, according to the party spin, having had a lively discussion that ended with a consensus that he should not be recalled, and secretary-general Gwede Mantashe saying the party would from now on focus on unity and self correction — than this happens. The incipient war between finance minister Pravin Gordhan and Sars commissioner Tom Moyane has broken out into the open. This is the same war as the one Derek Hanekom started at the weekend, with his NEC motion proposing that Zuma be recalled. The war is between two factions — one supporting Zuma and the kleptocracy he has allowed to emerge around him, and another, which we could call constitutionalists.Battles will move between the party realm and the government without hindrance because in the minds of both the good guys and the bad — and most of the populat...
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