The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has vowed that the vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will not change anything and he will emerge from it unscathed. “South Africa will sleep under President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday and on Wednesday we’ll still be led by President Jacob Zuma‚” declared ANC provincial chairman Sihle Zikalala. Zikalala was addressing the media after the conclusion of the party’s three-day provincial executive committee’s lekgotla in Durban on Monday shortly before national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete announced that the vote would be held in secret. The ANC has described the vote of no confidence as a ploy to remove Zuma and dislodge the ruling party from power. But Zikalala warned the “counter-revolutionary forces” that they will not succeed in their agenda. “When we go to the national elective conference in December‚ we’ll still be led by Zuma as president of our country and president of our movement‚” he boldy said. But Zikalala was unfazed‚ saying the motion to r...
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