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Jacob Zuma, June 11, 2010
JACOB ZUMA should be expelled from the African National Congress (ANC) for lending his support to a new political formation, the leader of the country’s Young Communist League said this weekend.
Mzwandile Thakhudi made the call as he addressed the annual commemoration of former South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary and anti-apartheid hero Joe Slovo, in Soweto’s Avalon Cemetery.
Mr Zuma, who served as South Africa’s president from 2009 to 2018, announced last month that he intends to vote for the newly formed uMkhonto we Sizwe party in this year’s election. The party is named after the armed wing of the ANC, whose veterans have taken offence at the use of the name.
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa
We are experiencing a wave of organised, often deadly violence targeting migrants from other parts of Africa — but the poorest South Africans reject this hatred, staying true to the spirit of Ubuntu and Pan-African unity, reports NIGEL BRANKEN