Zumas gets backing of ANC's largest province
'The assertion that a deputy is an inherent successor to the incumbent is devoid of scientific analysis'
President Jacob Zuma is going nowhere and presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa must not think that by virtue of being ANC deputy president, he will automatically ascend the throne. That was the view of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as it wrapped up its three-day provincial general council at the University of Zululand yesterday. ANC provincial chairman Sihle Zikalala did not mince his words about Zuma. “There is a convergence of forces who share a common short goal, which is to remove President Jacob Zuma and the ANC,” he said. Zikalala said he was confident in Zuma. He said the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal did not subscribe to the notion that the election of a deputy president implied that he was “automatically ordained to be a successor to the incumbent”. “If it was so, there would be no need for elections,” he said. He said party leaders should be driven by the quality of available leadership candidates. “The assertion that a deputy is an inherent successor to the incumbent is devoid of scien...
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