President Jacob Zuma will not be sacrificed for an African National Congress coalition with the Economic Freedom Fighters, ANCYL treasurer general Reggie Nkabinde said on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt won\u2019t happen. Only when I am dead. Zuma is not going anywhere. We are going to do a nice farewell for him in 2019, when he leaves government and the ANC, to say he has served us well and best,\u201d Nkabinde told reporters in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
His was reacting to the EFF\u2019s demand that it would only form a coalition with the ANC in some of the country\u2019s metros if Zuma was axed.<\/p>\n
Three of Gauteng\u2019s metros were among the 27 hung municipalities in the country, where there had been no clear winners following last week\u2019s local government elections.<\/p>\n
Nkabinde said he was happy with Zuma\u2019s leadership: \u201cHe is my hero; I am more than happy with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the ANC had some introspection to do after its poor showing in the elections, Zuma was not the ANC, he said. Support for the ANC fell to below 60% nationwide, it lost Nelson Mandela Bay to the Democratic Alliance, and failed to gain an outright majority in several other metros.<\/p>\n
Nkabinde said he did not believe the ANC had performed badly, only that it had failed to capture the metros.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough Zuma we have increased our numbers. People love Zuma, they fill up stadiums to listen to him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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