Johannesburg – The ANC on Tuesday accused Beeld editor Adriaan Basson of campaigning to get rid of President Jacob Zuma.
“He ignores the emphatically expressed will of 11 million South Africans who renewed the mandate of the ANC, with comrade Jacob Zuma at the helm, to lead the country,” spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said in a statement.
“The article demonstrates an obsession by Basson in waging a determined, desperate and futile campaign to get rid of President Zuma.”
In his column on news24.com, which originally appeared in Beeld titled “How do we get rid of President Jacob Zuma?” Basson said the country needed a new leader and that Zuma could not stay on as president for much longer.
“We simply can’t afford Zuma any longer,” Basson wrote.
“We need a leader with clean hands who can lead with integrity. Someone who can intervene, talk and strategise when a Marikana happens or an African Bank collapses or when gang bullets smash through small children.”…
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