Conference hears "Zuma has a lot in common with PW Botha"
Business Leadership South Africa CEO, Bonang Mohale,didn’t mince his words when addressing a gathering in Randburg this morning.
Mohale was speaking at the Future of SA conference, hosted by Save South Africa and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation at Rhema Bible Church.
"I am personally fascinated by how the current president, has in common with PW Botha, more than he has in common with Nelson Mandela. Both Zuma and Botha come from rural areas and are uneducated. They have no ability to understand how South Africa operates within a rapidly changing global economy," says Mohale.
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Close to a 100 civil organisations alongside faith based formations are gathering at the church to strengthen the call for Zuma to step down.
He says Zuma has ruined the ANC.
"It took us 20 years to build Cosatu and this president has wrecked it. The same way that he has wrecked our wonderful movement, the oldest liberation movement on this continent, the ANC,” he says.
SAFTU's Zwelinzima Vavi was also among the speakers.
He says state capture is the immediate challenge that should be fought head-on.