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Zuma’s Long Goodbye Complicates Task of Rehabilitating South Africa’s ANC

Zuma’s Long Goodbye Complicates Task of Rehabilitating South Africa’s ANC
Demonstrators protest against South African President Jacob Zuma, Pretoria, South Africa, April 7, 2017 (AP photo by Themba Hadebe).

Editor’s Note: Every Friday, WPR Associate Editor Robbie Corey-Boulet curates the top news and analysis from and about the African continent.

The drama surrounding South Africa’s leadership transition has dragged out long enough to acquire its own snappy name: Zexit.

That’s according to the BBC, which noted this week that the early departure of President Jacob Zuma, who has already been replaced as head of the ruling African National Congress by his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, is now being discussed as though it’s inevitable.

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