Zuma should make way for new leaders – Mathews Phosa
Johannesburg – Former ANC treasurer general, Mathews Phosa, has called for President Jacob Zuma to resign as the country’s leader, saying the ANC needed a new beginning.
Phosa spoke at the gala dinner and year end function of the Phalaborwa Chamber of Business on Thursday evening. He said Zuma as the leader of South Africa had become more controversial than before.
Phosa's remarks came after the Constitutional Court found Zuma had acted illegally when he ignored Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's remedial action ordered Zuma to pay back some of the money spent on non-security upgrades at his private home. These includeda visitors’ centre, an amphitheatre, a swimming pool, a cattle kraal and a chicken run – all funded by taxpayers' money.
“The whole country now waits with bated breath to hear whether he (Zuma), and my party, the ANC, will do the right thing and relieve us of this crippling nightmare,” Phosa said.
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