Don't judge me because I was 'so-and-so's lover' - Dlamini-Zuma
Durban - Former African Union chair and ANC NEC member Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has indirectly urged the ANC not to use the fact that she is President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife when the party elects its next president in December.
Speaking at the Steven Dlamini Memorial Lecture in Ixopo on Tuesday, Dlamini-Zuma said, "We must not allow people to say uwumuntu kasibanibani (you're so and so's lover). A comrade is a comrade."
Opposition parties and some factions within the ANC do not want Dlamini-Zuma to be the country's next president because of her previous relationship with Zuma.
Even though the KZN ANC denied she was on the campaign trail on Tuesday, Dlamini-Zuma warned those who will be contesting the ANC presidency position in December to embrace each other after the conference.
Dlamini-Zuma said if you win, embrace the losers and if you lose, follow the winners.