President Jacob Zuma took to the podium and addressed the crowd at the African National Congress Policy Conference at Johannesburg and HuffPost SA is following the live coverage.
Zuma: The country needs a strong, focused, united and cohesive ANC @HuffPostSA#ANCPolicyConference#ANCNPCpic.twitter.com/upNAIHNjM5
— Marc Davies (@MarcDDavies) June 30, 2017
JZ talking about the problems in the ANC in third-person, almost as if he isn't the root cause of most of it: Nkandla, state capture etc.
— Pieter du Toit (@PieterDuToit) June 30, 2017
Bit of a tongue-twister from Pres Jacob Zuma on "difficult difficulties". #ANCPolicy#ANCNPC@HuffPostSA@nox_mafu@PieterDuToitpic.twitter.com/0ZbN2XXkLB
— Marc Davies (@MarcDDavies) June 30, 2017
Judging by this speech, Jacob Zuma lives on a different planet. Third-Person Zuma. @HuffPostSA#ANCNPC
— Pieter du Toit (@PieterDuToit) June 30, 2017
Zuma accuses opposition parties of 'coming with slogans' and frequently running to the courts. #ANCNPC#ANCPolicy17@HuffPostSA
— Marc Davies (@MarcDDavies) June 30, 2017
#Zuma says a thorough analysis of the SA political economy is required to understand what is meant by state capture. @HuffPostSA#ANCNPC
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017
#Zuma says challenges include patronage,corruption,social distance,factionalism,abuse of power & membership anomalies @HuffPostSA#ANCNPC
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017
#Zuma says the ANC remains a "multi-class organization with a bias towards the working class and the poor." #ANCNPC@HuffPostSA
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017
#ANCNPC#Zuma : "Our discussions must be informed by unity which is the rock upon which the ANC was founded" @HuffPostSA
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017
Some ANC members cheered loudly when Zuma acknowledged the presence of his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa. @HuffPostSA#ANCNPC#ANCPolicy17
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017
#Zuma has been speaking for more than an hour. A lot more movement in the room now. Many are walking around to get coffee. @HuffPostSA
— Amil Umraw (@Amil_Umraw) June 30, 2017