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Title:Zuma: party leadership as electoral liability
Author:Southall, RogerISNI
Year:2014
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:41
Issue:140
Pages:323-331
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:heads of State
African National Congress (South Africa)
leadership
presidential elections
About person:Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (1942-)ISNI
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2014.911467
Abstract:In this article the author discusses the recent decline in the popularity of South Africa's president Jacob Zuma. He questions the ANC's decision to re-elect a president who has been discredited by scandals and whose government competence appears questionable. To address this issue the author turns to a careful analysis of the dynamics of the ANC in the lead-up to the last party leadership elections. In particular, he isolates three particular factors: first, the manner in which Zuma had maintained his control of the party machinery; second, the lack of a viable alternative candidate prepared to challenge him; and lastly, the firm grip he had ensured over the security forces. Bibliogr., note. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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