President Zuma is running out of options

SOUTH AFRICA - In Brief 01 Nov 2016 by Iraj Abedian
Yesterday was a bad day for President Zuma. I was asked : what is the probability that he would be out of office by December 2017? My response is as follows:The chances have never been so good. President Zuma is at his weakest point, politically speaking. Yesterday, one of the largest public sector unions, NEHAWU (National Education Health Allied Workers Union), which is a union member of COSATU called for President Zuma to resign and let his deputy to take charge. This is very significant given that NEHAWU has been one of the strongest supporters of President Zuma since 2006! The Mandela Foundation too issued a statement urging the ANC to make decisions to put the country in safe and capable hands. This was clearly a call for removing Zuma as the president of the country. Today, Nov 2nd, a march is orchestrated across the country against state capture, the main march will be in Pretoria. This is whilst the High Court is debating whether or not President Zuma is entitled to interdict the publication of the State Capture Report. It is a forgone conclusion that even if the High Court declines to issue the interdict, President Zuma will appeal such a decision, in pursuit of delaying the release of the report. SA citizens, meanwhile, have reached the conclusion that Zuma has much to hide, and he is captured. In the court of public opinion, therefore, Zuma is already judged as guilty! The more Zuma uses the courts to delay the release of the state capture report, the more he helps people to suspect the worst. This also helps swing the views of some of his reluctant supporters within the ANC to turn against him. As mentioned in my last report, the ANC is fast reaching a poin...

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