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South Africa: President Jacob Zuma on track for re-election
“Strikes in a democracy are a common occurrence,” he added. “It’s way too exaggerated to say that because there are strikes, South Africa is in a big crisis.”
He chastised the media for rushing to identify splits and divisions in the ANC, saying its leadership process was a part of South Africa’s democracy and was following its normal course.
No challenger has yet declared for a vote to be held among 4,500 delegates meeting on December 16-20 at Mangaung, though it will be at least another month before the nominees are decided.
But Zuma, who unseated then president Thabo Mbeki in a bitter battle for the ANC leadership in 2007, seems already to have locked up the necessary support at provincial branch level.
Retaining the ANC leadership would put Zuma in line to win a second five-year term as national president in 2014.
Source: Reuters
