Supporters of South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma heckled and disrupted a speech by sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordan in which he condemned corruption in the governing African National Congress (ANC) and warned that the party could lose the 2019 election. The crowd burst into songs praising the scandal-hit Mr Zuma at yesterday’s memorial for … Read more
South Africa’s sacked finance minister on Sunday warned in a speech disrupted by ANC members that the ruling party risks losing the next general election in 2019 unless it unites. Pravin Gordhan was speaking at a memorial service held in Durban in honour of anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada. Youth members of the ruling African National … Read more
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Saturday hit out at critics within his own camp telling them not to use events such as funerals or memorial services to attack each other. Speaking himself, however, at the inauguration of a former minister’s tombstone, Zuma told colleagues not to use such events “to fight our political battles”. … Read more