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Article: Time to hand baton to younger generation; Until Mbeki and Zuma bow out of the ANC leadership race, other candidates will play coy and the rift between factions will worsen.(News)
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- The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2007
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BYLINE: Christelle Terreblanche
Expect more "100 percent JZ" t-shirts and a lot more intrigue behind the scenes, now that the ANC's succession battle has been confounded by a real possibility that Jacob Zuma could again face corruption charges.
Analysts agree that while publicly the Zuma camp will mobilise around their champion like never before, senior cadres on all sides will have to confront the need to find a compromise candidate.
Most believe that Zuma's chances of becoming president have been harmed by the spectre of renewed corruption charges, raised this week when the supreme court of appeal ruled that potentially incriminating ...