South Africa’s Cosatu Says Keeping Zuma Avoids ANC ‘Bleeding’
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South African President Jacob Zuma will likely serve out his term despite being embroiled in allegations of graft because ousting him would damage the ruling party, according to the country’s biggest labor group, which is allied with the African National Congress.
The governing party was harmed by its decision to remove Thabo Mbeki as president in 2008 after he lost his position as its leader to Zuma and it won’t repeat the process, said Bheki Ntshalintshali, the general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions.