The inauguration, which was the final product of efforts by the Nigerian High Commission in bringing all Nigerians in Ghana under one unified umbrella, was a huge success with emotional accolades from the ANC members.
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How did the South Africans get it wrong? Does it mean that the present crop of South Africans don’t know their history? Does it mean that they lack proper understanding of the political economy of South Africa? Do they know who their real enemies are?
Zola Saphetha, General-Secretary, National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union, said this in response to confirmation by Deputy President, David Mabuza, that the public service would be scaled down as part of cost-cutting measures.
From the benefit of hindsight, the Confidence vote was to buy Zuma some time and see if he could turn the fortunes of the country around and in turn rekindle the fast ebbing faith of the people in the party. However, like a hungry lion roused from its slumber, the people of South Africa would know no rest until they found some succour. For them, a hope for succour was in the form of Zuma stepping down from the exalted seat. Like all responsible party in civilised democracies, the ANC did not delude itself as to the consequence of remaining in support of Zuma. They acknowledge the power of the people far above the power of ANC at the polls. They knew that loyalty to Zuma would ultimately spell doom from them during the general elections to elect new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures.
South Africa’s main stock market index jumped nearly 4 per cent, putting it on track for its biggest one-day gain in more than two years as investors welcomed Zuma’s resignation after nine years in office plagued by corruption allegations.
Zuma told the nation late on Wednesday that he was standing down after being instructed to do so by the ruling party, the African National Congress.
“I am being victimised here. I think there has been a misinterpretation,” Zuma said in an attempt to present his side of the story.
“Ramaphosa has been lobbying for Zuma to resign and has said he hopes to conclude talks with him “in coming days in the interests of the country”.
After two decades of political dominance, the historic ANC liberation movement, once led by Nelson Mandela, was also at risk of losing its majority in the capital Pretoria and the economic metropole Johannesburg, where the results were still too close to call
“What we got from those young people is not what they expected; they were trained on how to destabilise the country and regime change.”
The main opposition Democratic Alliance made strong gains in Wednesday’s voting, raising its share of the vote to about 22 per cent from 16.7 per cent
Pansy Tlakula, the Head of the country’s Independent Electoral Commission, said in Pretoria on Thursday that the ANC had 55.8 per cent of the vote after results from nearly 20 per cent of polling stations had been counted