Zuma Causing ANC Major Damage, Say Descendants of Party Grandees
- Group seeks meeting to discuss president's leadership
- Highest court found president in breach of constitution
South African President Jacob Zuma recently saw the country's highest court rule that he failed to abide by and respect the country's constitution
Photographer: Scott Eells/BloombergThe crisis surrounding South African President Jacob Zuma worsened as a group of 42 prominent ANC members called for an emergency meeting to discuss the party’s leadership.
Zuma’s failure to repay taxpayers’ money spent on his private home, which the nation’s highest court said violated the constitution, was patently illegal, as was parliament’s decision to defend him, the group said in a letter to the ANC’s National Executive Committee which was obtained by Bloomberg. The signatories include three descendants of Walter Sisulu, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest confidants, four relatives of Mendi Msimang, a former ANC treasurer-general, and Thandi Modise, the chairwoman of the National Council of Provinces.