The election of corruption accused Zandile Gumede throws down the gauntlet to the president over the 'step aside' rule.
The election of corruption accused Zandile Gumede throws down the gauntlet to the president over the ‘step aside’ ruleEven though it was a widely predicted win, Zandile Gumede’s election as chair of the ANC’s eThekwini region was still astonishing for what it says about the rank and file members of SA’s governing party, and their appetite for reform.
Conversely, it was a thumping repudiation of Ramaphosa’s reform agenda, putting him on terms that the ANC’s radical economic transformation faction — headlined by Jacob Zuma and Ace Magashule — isn’t as dead and buried as analysts had predicted. Ramaphosa was feted last year for implementing the “step aside” rule, which obliged ANC members facing serious charges to step down until that case had been decided. That rule is now under fire. Increasingly, Ramaphosa sounds like the teetotal grandfather, warning the teenagers not to open the fourth bottle of whisky but being roundly ignored.
While she agreed to step aside until her case is heard, it’s evidently not what she, or others in her party, sees as ethically reasonable.
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