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Article: New ANC leader Zuma pledges to work with President Mbeki, says business has no reason to fear
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- December 20, 2007
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Jacob Zuma pledged Thursday the ANC would not radically shift its economic policies under him and said he would work smoothly with President Thabo Mbeki, the man he defeated this week in a bitter contest to lead the governing party.
Then the former African National Congress guerrilla ended his first public comments since winning the leadership race Tuesday by breaking into his trademark song, "Bring me my machine gun."
Zuma had rallied ANC members who wanted a change from Mbeki, who adhered to free market policies as he guided post-apartheid South Africa to sustained economic growth over the past few years, but has been accused of moving too slowly to lift ...