Article: Zuma backers reject compromise candidate.(News)

Article: Cosatu, ANCYL reject 'compromise' candidate ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  October 22, 2007 ;     565 words ... ... backers of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma have ... the idea of a "compromise" candidate for the ANC presidency ... third way" - a compromise candidate to replace both ... The idea of a compromise candidate for this key ...

Article: Compromise candidate not needed.(News)
Daily News (South Africa);  November 26, 2007 ;     486 words ... ... death knell for a possible compromise candidate, analysts said yesterday ... way Zuma would agree to a compromise candidate, now that he had the strong ... strong showing by the ANC deputy president was an indication that people ...

Article: Being a compromise candidate is a difficult ...
Pretoria News (South Africa);  October 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... behind Jacob Zuma, the party's deputy president. Into this mix has been added billionaire ... lobbied by unnamed ANC members as a compromise candidate. Now that has a familiar ring to ... The other difficulties that face a compromise candidate is in pushing through an agenda ...

Article: Compromise candidate no way to go - Maharaj.(News)
Cape Argus (South Africa);  November 15, 2007 ;     439 words ... ... transport minister Mac Maharaj does not believe that a compromise candidate could be the answer to the ruling party's challenges ... succession race between President Thabo Mbeki and ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma is good for the ANC and the country. Maharaj ...

Article: Appoint Motlanthe deputy president to take the ...
Cape Times (South Africa);  January 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Motlanthe as a new deputy president of South Africa ... country now that he is deputy president of the ANC. Not ... other words, the compromise candidate-in-waiting ... of appointing him deputy president. Our interim democratic ...

Article: Between the devil and the deep blue sea; ANC delegates in ...
The Mercury (South Africa);  December 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... wants to hear or offer him unsound advice. At the same time, Zuma was a willing partner both as South African and ANC deputy president, until he became the victim and started using this casualty status to topple Mbeki. Therefore the two most senior ANC ...

Article: Motlanthe cabinet spot to be debated; ANC deputy ...
The Star (South Africa);  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... executive committee is to decide at the weekend whether party deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe should be deployed to parliament and ... National Assembly to fill. Motlanthe is widely touted as a compromise candidate for the country's presidency, given Zuma's fraud ...