ANC integrity commission failed to act on Zuma - Gwede
2 November 2016
Johannesburg - While the ANC needs a special congress to recall president Jacob Zuma, those calling on him to step down are appealing to his conscience, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday.
“If there are people calling on the president to step down, they are talking to him. If there are people saying we must recall him, that is different, we have processes,” Mantashe said.
He was responding to increasing calls for Zuma to step down following the Nkandla saga, the ANC’s loss of support in the August 3 local government elections, the controversy over “state capture”, and the aborted attempt to prosecute Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on fraud charges.
Cosatu affiliate Nehawu said Zuma had to make the “honourable and courageous decision” in the ANC’s interest.