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Former President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane says he is ready to lead the ANC, according to the Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport.
Duduzane, who has been living in Dubai for the past five years, told the newspaper that he planned to return “as soon as flights to South Africa resume” and that he wanted to try to defeat President Cyril Ramaphosa at the national elective conference of the ANC next year.
He was already recruiting support from ANC branches in KwaZulu-Natal, he added.
The Gupta family’s business partner reportedly said this should not be seen as an attempt to stop the court battles his father was facing. He told the newspaper that he believed in his father’s innocence and that he would continue to believe in him, but said that he felt that his father had also failed to implement the ANC’s policies.
“It is time to move forward and I believe that now there is an opportunity to participate. I think I have a lot to offer [as president of the party] and I am willing to take risks for ideals that are not being fulfilled, “he told the newspaper.
Free tertiary education, expropriation of land without compensation and the nationalization of the Reserve Bank are some of the policies that Duduzane said he would implement.
“These are all political decisions that the ANC had accepted before. Why are they not being implemented? “
Staunch supporters of his father expressed conflicting views on Duduzane’s announcement, with some praising him for his “bravery,” while others said his choice would be an uphill battle.
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