South Africa's President Has Been Recalled. UPDATE: Hunting his cronies

[PrinceOfPain]

I'm a lazy TS, so I've waited until the story's almost over before making a thread about it, but it's been a long fight, and Jacob Zuma looks set to get the fuck out.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2018-02-13-anc-confirms-it-has-recalled-jacob-zuma/

The African National Congress's (ANC) leadership confirmed on Tuesday that it has recalled President Jacob Zuma.

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule told a media briefing at Luthuli House that the decision was taken only after extensive discussions.

Magashule said Zuma had agreed to go after a period of between 3-6 months but had rejected the National Executive Committee’s request for this time frame to be shortened.

However it is unclear whether Zuma will resign.

A source close to the discussions told TimesLIVE earlier that Zuma’s response to the decision was likely to be 'controversial'. He is under no constitutional obligation to obey. If he does refuse, he will then likely be ousted via a parliamentary vote of no-confidence within days.

A couple hours ago, he was threatening to retaliate if recalled:

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/do-what-you-want-to-do-zuma-tells-anc

JOHANNESBURG - President Jacob Zuma was "was very arrogant" and refused to resign when told by the ANC that its National Executive Committee (NEC) had resolved to remove him, AFP reported.

"He told them he was not going anywhere as he did nothing wrong," an unnamed ANC committee member told the Mail & Guardian.

"He told them if the ANC issued a statement on its decision to recall him, he will retaliate."

But he's apparently got until the end of the day to resign anyway:

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...til-end-of-tuesday-to-resign-sources-20180213

Pretoria - The ANC has given President Jacob Zuma an ultimatum to resign as head of state by the end of Tuesday or risk being removed by Parliament.

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule delivered Zuma’s recall letter to the presidential guesthouse on Tuesday morning after the party’s highest decision-making body, the national executive committee (NEC), decided after a marathon meeting that he should go.

This is damned good news, but far from the end. The man who'll likely replace him, Cyril Ramaphosa, has his own problems, scandals and blood-stained hands, but as far as competence goes, he's a better option by far.
The risk with getting rid of Zuma before the general elections though, is that voters might decide that Zuma was the problem, and not the fractured, corrupt mess that is the ANC. In that case, getting rid of the man will rob us of the urgency to get rid of his party.

UPDATE


Zuma resigned last night. His Indian crime family friends have been raided and arrested and his son is being sought by law enforcement:

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politic...ew-among-five-arrested-following-hawks-raids/
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...ptas-plan-to-strike-deal-after-swoop-reports/

The South African rand's already gotten stronger in response:

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fas...-as-zumas-resignation-marks-new-era-for-rand/

 

[Seaside]

Wont be long till president malema.

 

[Last Samurai]

here's to a new beginnining

 

[salamander]

There are no more tears to cry for the beloved country.

 

[Rational Poster]

South Africa thread...

White genocide is happening!

 

[FacePunch]

Toldja it was a shithole.

 

[Rod1]

Hopefully things will get better.

 

[Gregolian]

Is this the guy that Clarkson and Co. made fun of for raising taxes and then proceeding to buy like Bentley's and multiple mansions on tax money?

 

[Possum Jenkins]

They should give the presidency to "Ace Magashule" based on his name alone.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

let's hope both they and Zimbabwe can figure things out

I doubt it, but hoping they do

 

[The ScorpioN]

Outsource governing duties to the British for better outcomes.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

South Africa thread...

White genocide is happening!

Toldja it was a shithole.

Lol, the idiot brigade out in full force, hey?
Don't be jealous, just because we actually managed to get rid of a president that we didn't like

http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/14/jacob-zuma-to-address-south-africa-at-10pm

Zuma resigned today. His Indian crime family friends have been raided and arrested and his son is being sought by law enforcement:

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politic...ew-among-five-arrested-following-hawks-raids/
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...ptas-plan-to-strike-deal-after-swoop-reports/

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Wont be long till president malema.

Nah. Malema's not shown enough popularity. Rural zulus are the EFF's strongest base, and there aren't enough of them to carry him to the presidency.
The ANC, under Cyril Ramaphosa, is probably going to resurge in popularity during the next elections (which is the downside to getting rid of Zuma) and if not, Malema will have to make an alliance with the Democratic Party if he wants his share of power.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Outsource governing duties to the British for better outcomes.

The Brits are indirectly responsible for this country's history of fuck-ups.
Unlike the States we, unfortunately, lost our bid for independance back in the day. I'd have been interested to have seen what would have happened in SA if the UK had failed to annex the Cape or had lost the Boer wars.

 

[Oeshon]

The Brits are indirectly responsible for this country's history of fuck-ups.
Unlike the States we, unfortunately, lost our bid for independance back in the day. I'd have been interested to have seen what would have happened in SA if the UK had failed to annex the Cape or had lost the Boer wars.

no way. if you just left whitey in power, south africa would be a first world nation.

 

[splendica]

Total Recall.

Wish Arnie was involved somehow.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

no way. if you just left whitey in power, south africa would be a first world nation.

Get over the race thing. The brits went to war with, and took power away from "whitey" first.
If it weren't for the Anglo-boer wars and the Anglo-Zulu war, South Africa might have had a far less controversial history.

 

[Trotsky]

Good for you guys. Here's for hoping for blue skies.

With my immense knowledge of the country's political environment, I will be openly hoping for an enthusiastic election between Trevor Noah and the singer from 2000s radio rock band Seether.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Good for you guys. Here's for hoping for blue skies.

With my immense knowledge of the country's political environment, I will be openly hoping for an enthusiastic election between Trevor Noah and the singer from 2000s radio rock band Seether.

Fun fact, they were originally called Saron Gas, but had to change the name and clean up some of their tunes to score a contract with an American label.
Used to be casual mates with them, but they were dead to me from that point onward.

Also, Trevor Noah is a dishonest ponce.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Not gonna pretend to follow your national politics, and best of luck @PrinceOfPain.