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BusinessLive reports that on Tuesday, trade union federation Cosatu, which is an ANC allay, called on President Jacob Zuma to step down.
The federation has blamed Zuma for the country’s downgrade by S&P Global Ratings on Monday. “Cosatu no longer believes that the president is the right person to lead the country and the movement ... the time has arrived for him to step down… Cosatu no longer believes in his leadership abilities,” said general secretary, Bheki Ntshalintshali. He was briefing the media after a special sitting of Cosatu’s central executive committee (CEC) on Monday. Cosatu discussed last week’s Cabinet reshuffle and used three guiding questions to assess its decision, namely whether the reshuffle had been in the best interests of the ANC and the country; if it took the fight against corruption forward and if it was based on merit. Ntshalintshali said Cosatu’s answer to each of these was “No”. Cosatu president, Sdumo Dlamini, said the decision had not been taken lightly and followed lengthy consultation with the ANC on the Zuma matter.
- Read this report by Natasha Marrian in full at BusinessLive
- Read too, Cosatu calls for Zuma to go, at Daily Maverick
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