Maimane 'slightly' agrees with Zuma about state capture name, lays blame on ANC
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane says he agrees "slightly" with former president Jacob Zuma about the name "state capture", laying the blame for the phenomenon at the feet of Zuma's entire party, the ANC.
"I agree slightly with president Zuma to say it's not state capture. It's corruption by the ANC. We must call it that because state capture can be confusing. It's the cancerous corruption that has, in fact, destroyed the resources of our people," he said.
Maimane was referring to Zuma's comments on Wednesday when he denied the existence of state capture and said that the term state capture was just a "politically-decorated expression".
Zuma made the remarks when he spoke to students at Walter Sisulu University. He hit out at the ongoing state capture commission of inquiry, insisting that no arm of the state in South Africa had been captured.
On Thursday, Maimane spoke in Durban, where he announced Zwakele Mncwango as the party's premier candidate in the province. However, for a moment, he turned his attention to Zuma's comments.