ANC came first but I was speaking as party leader

President Jacob Zuma is expected to make his final appearance before the National Assembly later this afternoon, to answer questions from MP’s.

“Madam Speaker, the President answers a question, says absolutely nothing and then laughs”.

Mr Zuma’s reply was: “When I speak to ANC members I speak to ANC members”.

“Why are you always talking about the ANC?”

Opposition parties may want to interrogate the president’s statements about the interests of the ANC, the party he leads, coming first rather than those in the country.

This time Mr Zuma tip-toed away, leaving opposition leaders dissatisfied at his hubristic remarks over the importance of the African National Congress (ANC) to SA, as well as the quality of his answers.

Like laughter, the ANC was always close, according to Zuma, because he first became ANC president before state president.

President Jacob Zuma’s alleged cosy relations with Western Cape gangsters, in order to influence the 2011 Election, underscores the moral bankruptcy of his leadership and his lack of care for communities who suffer from gangsterism and drug related crimes. When I speak to the country, I speak to the country.

The question came in the wake of Zuma’s comments at the recent ANC KwaZulu-Natal conference that the ANC came first.

He told the South African Parliament that the ANC fought for and brought democracy to the South African people, democracy “is the brainchild of the ANC. Do not forget that”.

Earlier, when answering a question on higher education institutions, Zuma said it would be important to manage the balance between academic freedom and the independence of institutions of higher learning. But, I know no other life than life in the ANC. The ANC is my life.

He raised the ire of opposition MPs when he asked why they were so interested in the ruling party. The ANC is taking SA to its prosperity.