|
|
Article: New ANC leader Zuma pledges to work with South African President Mbeki
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- December 20, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. (Hide copyright information)
|
Jacob Zuma pledged Thursday to work smoothly with President Thabo Mbeki, the man he defeated this week in a bitter contest to lead the governing African National Congress.
Then the former ANC guerrilla ended his first public comments since winning the leadership race Tuesday by breaking into his trademark song, "Bring me my machine gun."
Zuma's victory Tuesday meant that for the first time since apartheid ended, South Africa's president was not also the ANC's leader. That had sparked speculation Mbeki might step down before his term as the nation's president ends in 2009, though an Mbeki aide said earlier Thursday he was not considering that.
Zuma told ...