PETER BRUCE: After Peak Gupta comes a surprising king-maker
'Anyone who declares they know what is going to happen at the party's elective conference in mid-December is merely guessing'
Where was I? Trying to re-enter South Africa's demented news cycle after a long break is like timing your entry into a revolving door that's just been given a violent wrench. About the only safe thing to declare now is that while the state capture project is still alive, we have at least passed Peak Gupta. The family have run out of road here and the people who helped them make and then move a fortune out of the country are in serious trouble.That's already a trite observation. The big story is whether President Jacob Zuma is still in control of his succession as leader of the ANC. Perhaps it always has been. Anyone who declares they know what is going to happen at the party's elective conference in mid-December is merely guessing. That doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people guessing, like Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, who has already declared the whole thing done and dusted; that Zuma will get what he wants. Whatever that might be, however, not even Zwane would ris...
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