South Africa’s Vice President resigns too
South Africa’s deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka tendered her resignation following the axing of President Thabo Mbeki by the ANC.
A government official yesterday said he had personally seen a resignation letter Mlambo-Ngcuka wrote to Mbeki before the start of last night’s emergency cabinet meeting at the Union Buildings.
But Mlambo-Ngcuka’s spokes- man, Denzil Taylor, denied this, saying that she was still very much part of government.
“There is no letter of resignation from the deputy president. She is flying to Cape Town today on a government engagement,” Taylor said.
It is understood that Mlambo- Ngcuka has decided not to make her decision public until an acting president is named by parliament.
As deputy president, she was theoretically the most obvious candidate to replace Mbeki.
But because of the manner in which she was appointed deputy president, supplanting Jacob Zuma, many in the party do not want Mlambo-Ngcuka to take over.
Also complicating matters for her is that she is married to former director of public prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka — a man Zuma supporters blame for “persecuting” their leader.
Posted by Gerald Harper
on September 22, 2008. Filed under Politics.
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