DANIEL SILKE: Who's the biggest loser after the reshuffle - Ramaphosa or Dlamini-Zuma?
'Ramaphosa’s critique might not be strong enough for those calling for President Zuma’s head to fall'
Jacob Zuma’s midnight cabinet reshuffle – or better described as a cleansing of political enemies – has changed the internal dynamic of the ruling ANC alliance. The magnitude of the axing of Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas (and 13 other Ministers and their deputies) amidst the swirling firmament of succession, state capture and ‘radical economic transformation’ may well signify the beginnings of a more fundamental sea-change in our hitherto logjam-based political landscape. Whilst events have deeply unnerved South Africa’s chattering classes, twitter addicts and, more importantly, domestic and foreign investors, the political purge will have its most profound effect internally within the ANC and more specifically, on the succession battle which has nine more brutal months to play out. Both top candidates, Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma have, as a result, seen their own campaign dynamics shift as a result of President Zuma’s actions. Already reeling from the populist pow...
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