Former president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Thuthukile Zuma. Picture: Gallo Images The daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, Thuthukile Zuma, is among several ANC members contesting for positions in the party’s leadership in Johannesburg. Over 300 delegates are gathered at CedarWoods Hotel in the north of Johannesburg, where they will elect new regional leaders to serve for the next three years.
The Citizenspoke to ANC MPL Matshidiso Mfikoe, who confirmed that Thuthukile will contest for the deputy chairperson position. “We agreed as a team that we would rally around one person and that is Thuthukile Zuma,” she said. Mfikoe was initially running for the same position on the slate of the outgoing chairperson of the ANC, Dada Morero.
She said the slate that they had now agreed on comprises both old and young people. She said this was an indication of the older generation in the ANC handing over to the young ones. “This is time to hand over to the young ones; we are there with the institutional knowledge to show them how government is run and we are there to play a supporting role,” she said.
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Mfikoe described Thuthukile as an astute politician who is very talented. “She will be able to support the chair in achieving what we all want to see and that is a strong ANC in the region and an ANC that is in touch with our communities,” she said. Mfikoe said she had noted the allegations of bribery and vote buying in the conference. She described it as a culture that is anti-ANC.
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