Will the white South Africans who called for Zuma’s ouster fight against white supremacy and structural inequality against Black people?
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Other protests were held in Cape Town and Pretoria.
Zwelinzima Vavi, former Zuma ally and leader of the country’s biggest union organisation, who was sacked after a sex scandal, told the Johannesburg marchers the finance ministers debacle was “another attempt to blunt the instruments of democracy”.
Top bankers, including the local head of US investment bank Goldman Sachs, met senior ANC officials at the weekend to lobby for an appointment that would help restore calm and confidence to South Africa’s markets, Duarte said.
Zuma has led the ANC since 2007, but the debacle over the key role of finance minister pointed to a major power shift within the party that Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994.
Zuma roiled markets when he dismissed Nhlanhla Nene from the finance portfolio and replaced him with little-known lawmaker David van Rooyen, before changing his mind four days later. Things got worse when Van Rooyen was again removed from his position and replaced with former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
“During my visit nine months ago, we also committed to assist some older citizens to narrate their stories which have been published (in a booklet)”, said Zuma.
Unite Against Corruption “is demanding that #zumamustfall because he has broken trust with the nation, that the ANC and business set clear targets and action plans against corruption”, the group said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday, referring to the ruling African National Congress party.
The #ZumaMustFall hashtag is a modification of #FeesMustFall which was used to organise protests against a rise in university fees. “Many white South Africans today live in poverty and squalor as a outcome of the ANC government’s Black Economic Empowerment policy which shuts whites out of the [labor] pool”.
Meanwhile, Christmas came early for elderly citizens of Lodewyk P Spies Home in Pretoria on Tuesday when Zuma handed over gifts during a visit. Zuma himself was giving a speech at Reconciliation Day celebrations in Port Elizabeth.
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– Sentletse (@Sentletse) December 16, 2015There are natives who say there nothing wrong with the apartheid flag being waved around in our faces!
