Why did so many people who fundamentally disagreed with the ANC under Jacob Zuma still stay on as party leaders after his ascent to power in 2007? Take a look at the list of those who voted for the destruction of the Scorpions investigative unit in 2008 and one thing becomes clear: it is absolutely every leader of the ANC who was in on this disgusting act.
At every successive motion of no confidence tabled against Zuma by the opposition Democratic Alliance, the Economic Freedom fighters and others, it was just one or two ANC members of parliament who spoke about conscience or about loyalty to the people of SA. Remember good old Ben Turok? He was a lonely man in the ANC back in the early 2010s as he gamely stood on principle against Zuma.
Why? Many of those worthies said then and will tell you even now that they did it for the “unity of the movement”. Whether it is Zuma on the stand for corruption, or him accused of rape, or him building himself a palace at taxpayers’ expense – they were prepared to defend him to the very end, even to the point of dying for him, as some alleged...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Times Select content.
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