BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI: The first priority of the new ANC president will be to act on Zuma
'Zuma has already been rendered unfit to hold his office by the Nkandla judgment, reinforced by the two ground-breaking decisions of the High Court in Pretoria the past two weeks'
Whoever emerges victorious at the ANC leadership conference in Nasrec this week must ensure that President Jacob Zuma doesn't stay in office a day longer. They must take the bull by the horns, as it were, and show him the door forthwith. That should be the first order of business for the new ANC leader. A state of extreme exasperation and agitation has gripped the land, almost paralysing it. We are gatvol. We're tired. We're breathless. We've had enough. We can't take it any longer. This nightmare, this insanity, must end. Zuma must not only be put out to pasture; he must also be granted his wish - his day in court. The new leader must happily oblige. There are those who'll rightly argue that only the voters should have the honour of removing a sitting president, or any elected official for that matter. But Zuma has already been rendered unfit to hold his office by the Nkandla judgment, reinforced by the two ground-breaking decisions of the High Court in Pretoria the past two weeks....
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