The Citizen reports that the Cosatu-affiliated National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has warned against electing former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the next ANC leader.  

Nehawu general secretary Bereng Soke said on Wednesday that she would be a proxy of a faction within the ANC and he raised concerns that under her leadership state capture and factionalism would continue in the ruling party.  He argued strongly that those supporting Dlamini-Zuma to succeed her former husband, President Jacob Zuma, had ulterior motives and said “we think it is not conducive for her to lead the ANC at this juncture.”  His comments come as it has become clear Dlamini-Zuma has entered the race for the ANC’s top job.  Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was the right man for the job, Soke indicated.

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