The Mercury reports that Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal has outlined the reasons it feels strongly that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa should succeed President Jacob Zuma at next year’s ANC elective conference.
The endorsement was first announced by the labour movement’s national leadership late last month. Addressing the media on Thursday, Cosatu provincial secretary Edwin Mkhize emphasised that Ramaphosa “can be a suitable president” and went into Ramaphosa's struggle, leadership and business credentials. Mkhize said the fact that Ramaphosa was the founding general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers meant that he had workers’ interests at heart as he “has a good understanding of the plight of workers”. He lashed out at those who want to exclude Ramaphosa because he is a wealthy businessman, saying he “a balance of understanding what workers need, and what business needs, and what the government is supposed to be doing.”
- Read this report by Bongani Hans in full at The Mercury
- See too, Ramaphosa won’t fix the ANC but he’s the best hope, says Nehawu, at HeraldLive
- And also, ANC disintegrating under Zuma's watch, says Nehawu, at IOL News
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