S/AFRICA: Mbeki joins row over Zuma’s fate
South Africa’s ex-President Thabo Mbeki has called on MPs of the governing African National Congress (ANC) to act in the interest of voters – rather than their party – during next week’s opposition-sponsored motion to oust the scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma, the local IOL news site reports. Mr Mbeki’s call is bound to incur the […]
South Africa’s ex-President Thabo Mbeki has called on MPs of the governing African National Congress (ANC) to act in the interest of voters – rather than their party – during next week’s opposition-sponsored motion to oust the scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma, the local IOL news site reports.
Mr Mbeki’s call is bound to incur the wrath of Mr Zuma’s supporters, who have vowed to defeat the motion during a parliamentary vote, the site says.
Opposition parties accuse Mr Zuma of being corrupt, and say he sacked the respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in order to get greater control over the Treasury.