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The list of those who have become casualties of the ANC step-aside rule have held senior party and government positions.
(From Left) Ace Magashule, Former ANC President Jacob Zuma, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Mashatile toast in celebration following the delivery of the party s Election Manifesto at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday, 12 January 2019. Cosatu, expects the events to unite the movement and erase factions and divisions that have rocked the province. (Photo by Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe)
If applied unequally and unfairly, the ANC constitutional step-aside rule affecting party members facing criminal charges could backfire, political analysts warned yesterday. The ANC resolution, which has affected several ANC leaders – from suspended party secretary-general Ace Magashule to disgraced for eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede – was first adopted by the ANC’s national conference in Nasrec in 2107. It was later fine-tuned by the party
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Supporters of former president Jacob Zuma on the N3 highway in Peacevale in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Rogan Ward, Reuters
Dirk Kotze questions whether the events of the past week were as a result of a crisis of government or pro-Zuma insurrection gone wrong.
South Africa has experienced within one week the whole spectrum of turmoil, from demonstrations in support of President Jacob Zuma, to violence on the roads, to looting of the economic infrastructure, to a proverbial suicide by the people of KwaZulu-Natal.
Is this a crisis for the government or for former President Jacob Zuma? Was this another dramatic exposure of the state s lack of capacity, lack of preparedness, lack of police and government leadership, or lack of foresight? Or was it an early signal of a South African Spring ? Or a pro-Zuma insurrection gone wrong or an ethnic revolt without a leader?
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