Since Jacob Zuma’s retirement from active politics and Ace Magashule’s expulsion from the ANC, the Zuma faction has been frantically seeking a clear face to represent them at the ANC elective conference in December 2022. Recognizing that Magashule may be ruled out of contention for the ANC president as a result of his current party suspension, the radical economic transformation (RET) forces have thrown their support behind ANC national executive committee (NEC) member and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.<\/p>\n
Simultaneously, another RET faction wants to nominate Zuma’s son, Duduzane, as its presidential candidate. However, if Mzwanele Manyi, spokesperson for the Jacob G Zuma Foundation, is to be believed, Sisulu appeared to be a favorite. Manyi argued that the continued media attacks against Sisulu were motivated by her posing a threat to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authority.<\/p>\n
Manyi tweeted on Tuesday, “Stratcom in its whole is waging a full-fledged assault on her since she is a danger to their candidate.” However, many RET members see Sisulu as a lesser figure than their idol, Magashule. They are, however, in a pickle since Magashule’s criminal case is unlikely to be finished before the ANC’s 55th elective national conference in December.<\/p>\n
Magashule has not abandoned his ambition to become the party’s leader. In 2018, he promised Ramaphosa that he would serve just one term in office and that “we would return in five years.” The decision to choose a new leader comes after Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma indicated she was not interested in rejoining the Zuma side. She further alienated the RET group when she was appointed to a top position in the Ramaphosa Cabinet.<\/p>\n
She narrowly lost to Ramaphosa at Nasrec. Duduzane, who just joined a branch executive committee in KwaZulu-Natal, was deemed too inexperienced to challenge Ramaphosa in December. Sisulu, with the five other presidential contenders, challenged Ramaphosa at Nasrec. She has been the solitary dissenting voice in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet, sometimes criticizing his policies.<\/p>\n
She said that the country’s constitution had failed to eradicate poverty among Africans and that the Zondo panel would provide no recommendations. However, in separate pieces responding to her, the justice ministry’s spokeswoman, Chrispian Phiri, and ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang attacked Sisulu for criticizing policies she was involved in developing as a member of the NEC and Cabinet.<\/p>\n
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