ANC crack widens as Zuma supporters boo Gordhan
Gordhan was a focus of the youth league's rage for calling for mass mobilisation against Zuma's cabinet reshuffle at Kathrada's official memorial service
The ANC Youth League disrupted a memorial service for struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada in Durban yesterday - booing former finance minister Pravin Gordhan, the main speaker, and the ruling party's treasurer-general, Zweli Mkhize. The drama that unfolded at the memorial has been described by analysts as an indicator of the increased bitterness and divisions in the ANC following President Jacob Zuma's controversial cabinet reshuffle. The memorial was held at Sastri College Hall, where Gordhan wrote his matric 50 years ago. Both Gordhan and Mkhize, who are also members of the ANC's powerful national executive committee, were drowned out by Youth League members who erupted into the song: "Awusitshele uZuma wenzeni [Please tell us what has Zuma done]." Gordhan was a focus of the league's rage for calling for mass mobilisation against Zuma's cabinet reshuffle at Kathrada's official memorial service. KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairman and economic development MEC Sihle Zikalala intervened twice to...
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