Lindiwe Sisulu gets death threats for challenging Zuma - report

07 April 2017 - 11:02 By TMG Digital
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FALLING SHORT: Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu listens as Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe briefs journalists on the upcoming ANC national general council. Budget constraints will limit the party's ability to see through projects trumpeted in its election manifesto
FALLING SHORT: Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu listens as Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe briefs journalists on the upcoming ANC national general council. Budget constraints will limit the party's ability to see through projects trumpeted in its election manifesto
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African National Congress national executive committee member Lindiwe Sisulu‚ the Human Settlements Minister‚ has received two threats of assassination for daring to question President Jacob Zuma during internal meetings‚ while ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe and chief whip Jackson Mthembu are getting threatening SMS's.

This is according to Friday's Mail&Guardian. The report said Sisulu had been advised of the death threats - allegedly made in June and October last year - by the security establishment and this was partly why she was trying to stay under the radar on the succession debate.

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Mantashe and Mthembu are being accused of tarnishing Zuma's name. The report stated that Mthembu was receiving messages stating "we will deal with you".

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