Zuma's Cabinet Reshuffle Plan: His Plot Backfires big time

SOUTH AFRICA - In Brief 30 Mar 2017 by Iraj Abedian
Over the past 24 hours a ground swell of political pressures have targeted Zuma, piling focus on him and his allies and cronies so as to push him to back off. This morning, the SA Communist Party and Business Leadership SA , and many others including x-President Motlanthe have come out calling for Zuma to step down, explain yourself, etc, etc. The Zuma plot is now confirmed, he has backed off making any decisions for announcement tomorrow- which was his plan last week. As of this hour, he is pushed back until Monday when he is scheduled to meet the ANC Top 6, to convince them to support his reshuffle plans. However, it is already clear that 3 of the Top 6 are not going to support him. This puts him in a serious binary and highly risky options: a) back off and be a lame duck president for the next two years; or, b) go ahead with his reshuffle and seriously risk further splitting the ANC and even risk being recalled by the ANC NEC. The game has changed over the past 24 hours….For the moment, Pravin Gordhan is more likely to stay than to be dismissed.

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