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Dan the Roman
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« Reply #25 on: December 16, 2012, 03:04:10 AM »

It seems that Mothlante is the lesser evil that is necessary to support. From what says the article, this move will hardly go further than a symbolic gesture of protest. Endorsed by default?

God NO. Zuma for all his flaws is Anti-Mugabe and his stuck up to Malema and his thugs(even if for the wrong reasons). Mothlante, while personally cleaner, is a puppet(and a funded one at that) for ZANU-PF and Malema.
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« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2012, 01:52:40 PM »
« Edited: December 16, 2012, 01:55:05 PM by drj101 »

The conference has started!

Zuma opened the conference with a speech that talked about everything from corruption to Marikana to factionalism in the ANC to rhino poaching. The speech went for a total of 90 minutes. Here's a Wordle map of Zuma's speech, courtesy of SABC:


Long speeches seem to be the order of the day, actually. ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe gave a 3 hour long speech to the conference, which put people to sleep:


At one point, Mantashe actually had to interrupt his speech to say:

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Zuma, on the other hand, chose to liven up the speech with some good old Apartheid era chants and songs, as well as showing off his dance moves:


The two sides have adopted competing hand gestures, with the pro-Zuma faction using a Churchillian V-for-victory sign:


...and the Motlanthe supporters using the football sign for substitution, rolling fingers over each other.



All this aside, there hasn't been much actual news from the conference as of yet. The biggest story so far is that Cyril Ramaphosa has apparently decided to accept the nominations he has received for Deputy President, setting him up for a fight against Motlanthe:
http://mg.co.za/article/2012-12-16-ramaphosa-throws-hat-into-the-ring



If you're interested in following things as they happen, the Mail & Guardian has a great liveblog of the event:
http://liveblog.mg.co.za/2012/12/15/mangaung-anc-national-electoral-conference/

Also Twitter coverage is very up-to-date. Search for #Manguang or #ANC2012.
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« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2012, 08:15:56 PM »

Day 2 of the Mangaung conference, and a number of things have happened.



The first, and biggest, news is that Motlanthe has gone all-in: he withdrew his name from consideration for the position of Deputy President. This means he's only in the race for President, and if he loses that vote (as he almost certainly will) he won't hold any political positions at all after this election.

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-12-17-mangaung-the-gloves-are-off-as-top-six-nominations-announced

All of this seems very out of character for Motlanthe. As I've said before, most reports in the past have not made him seem like the kind of guy that would risk his political career for a suicide run on principle. The JHB city press has a good article interpreting this as Motlanthe basically giving the finger to Zuma, by saying that he will not serve at all under a Zuma administration.
http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/why-kgalema-jumped/

This also makes it even more likely that Cyril Ramaphosa will be elected Deputy President. The anti-Zuma vote will now be split between Tokyo Sexwale and Mathews Phosa, who are both running for deputy, basically meaning that if by some miracle the pro-Zuma slate doesn't get a majority, they could still win this with a plurality.



Also, some far-right Afrikaner/white nationalists were arrested for planning a bomb attack on the conference:
http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/mangaung-bomb-plot-exposed/



One of the major topics of debate yesterday and today was the "National Development Plan". The NDP is a plan drafted by the government this summer laying out the ANC government's plans for how to grow the South African economy and reduce income inequality in the next few decades. The plan was supported by most of the ANC leadership but was attacked by some of the more leftist elements of the ANC coalition, most notably COSATU, because it focused heavily on foreign private investment as a path to growth and called for things such as increased private involvement in housing and changes to labor laws that the unions disliked. The NDP and several related aspects have been debated multiple times during this conference, and the general reaction from delegates has been lukewarm- not outright rejection but not strong endorsement either. Ironically, the person responsible for drafting the NDP, Trevor Manuel, has announced that after this conference he will be retiring from politics.



Also, a great video from the M&G analyzing the conference so far:
http://mg.co.za/multimedia/2012-12-17-mg-analysis-mangaung-so-far
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