Opinion
Confessions of Zuma dissenters are a lesson for the ANC
13 August 2017 - 00:00
"I did it. I voted against him." I thought the senior ANC MP was joking until he moved out of the shadow and I could see the grave look on his face. I bumped into him outside parliament on Tuesday night after the motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma had been defeated by 21 votes in a historic secret ballot.
The street outside parliament was teeming with ANC supporters waiting for Zuma to address them.
The MP was going the other way.
He is a member of the ANC national executive committee but did not want to be among the collection of ignobles on the stage singing the president's praises.
I had asked teasingly if he had put his cross in the right box and though he is a straight talker, I was surprised by his response...
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