ANC lets Zuma off the hook over firing of Gordhan, Jonas
Mantashe gently chided Zuma saying “consultation is a principal of the organization, not a favour”
05 April 2017 - 11:50
President Jacob Zuma erred by using a dodgy intelligence report to justify the sacking of Pravin Gordhan, but he would not be asked to step down, the ANC has said. At a media briefing in Johannesburg, the party’s secretary general reported instead that senior ANC officials who criticized his decision were responsible for unfortunate "public dissonance". “The ANC is gravely concerned about the breach of confidentiality between the alliance and the South African Communist Party,” he said, because they had leaked “the contents of a closed meeting”.
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