Political analyst Susan Booysen expects that former African National Congress (ANC) president and current Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party leader Jacob Zuma would receive a lot of media attention at his disciplinary trial with the ruling party.
Zuma is expected to appear before the disciplinary committee at Luthuli House next week, facing two counts of contravening the ANC constitution. This event takes place as South Africa prepares for the general elections later this month.
Booysen elaborates on Zuma’s potential media exposure, stating that the former president will likely gain a lot of mileage through media interviews and exposure.
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Zuma is currently using a narrative that he does not recognize President Ramaphosa’s ANC, considering it a factional matter. He claims to be the proprietor of the “real” ANC, upholding the party’s values and principles.
ANC’s Kgalema Motlanthe, who is on the campaign trail for the party in Soweto, defends the timing of the disciplinary action against Zuma. Motlanthe emphasizes that Zuma has made his own choices and written his history as a politician and leader of an organization.
The ANC previously indicated that there was no need to take action against Zuma as he had voluntarily left the organization. However, Jacob Zuma maintains that he is still a member of the governing party.
Motlanthe asserts that the ANC had to ensure fairness in its actions towards the former leader. He explains that in cases of ill-discipline, two standards are used to measure fairness.
The first is whether there is a substantive case against the individual, and the second is whether fair procedures were followed. Procedural fairness is one of the tests for maintaining a fair and just relationship with any individual associated with the organization.
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