Zuma insists Ramaphosa misleading the ANC: ‘He is not a leader

JOHANNESBURG - As African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa steers the party through uncharted waters, his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, insists the incumbent is misleading the former liberation movement.

For the first time since the dawn of democracy, the ANC has gone under the 50% mark at the polls, and is now having to rely on coalitions to remain in government.

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When asked about Ramaphosa, Zuma said these eerie words: “I am a very sweet person – if I was fighting him, I wouldn’t be sweet. He wouldn’t be where he is”.

It’s the latter’s rise that has caused so much friction that Zuma has started a political party as he fights his way back into the ANC.

But the former president, while insisting he has no hard feelings for Ramaphosa, turned sour when speaking of his 2018 exit from the Union Buildings and the incumbent’s role in this.

“Never meet me, I said never ask to see me, I said it in a meeting of the officials, top six, because you have disappointed me. You are not a leader – I don’t respect him.”

Zuma also denied that his battle with the ANC could be costly to South Africa.