RANJENI MUNUSAMY: Cornered, vengeful and lashing out, Zuma is at his most dangerous
'At a recent special national executive committee meeting, Zuma launched the kind of attack against Nzimande that was the forte of his predecessor Thabo Mbeki'
What makes President Jacob Zuma so dangerous right now? It is the combination of the powerful interests dictating his moves and the fact that he is on a mission to retaliate against those who have turned against him. These might be real or perceived enemies. Straight from the George W Bush playbook: if you are not with him, you are against him.After the motion of no confidence against him in August, Zuma set his crosshairs on an unsuspecting target: National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete. At an ANC top six meeting, Zuma lashed out at her and argued that she should be removed as speaker. The main source of his wrath was Mbete's decision to allow MPs to vote by secret ballot. This had not been consented to by the ANC officials, the president said. Zuma believed Mbete colluded with his opponents to engineer what could have been a successful attempt to remove him from office. As a result of the secret ballot, more than 30 ANC MPs were able to vote along with the opposition against the p...
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