Paul mashatile on zuma speech 2018

"Now people in the country and maybe all over the world want to know … we have been talking about the word … we just coined it 'managing the transition' and very interestingly on Sunday evening‚ President Zuma says to us‚ 'What do you guys mean by transition?' He said this is a strange word that you guys have just coined.

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile says President Jacob Zuma must step down, to avoid creating two centres of power in the country.

Mashatile reveals in a leaked audio clip from the Mining Indaba that Jacob Zuma was to be ousted this week.

Mashatile told delegates at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Tuesday that the national executive committee of the ANC had planned to oust Zuma.

ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile is expected to lead discussions at the party's special parliamentary caucus meeting over the recall of President Jacob.

Paul Mashatile, ANC treasurer general, said “a new era” was about to begin.

What is this thing you are talking about called transition? And we said to him it's handing over power from you to Cyril‚ but we are managing that.'

"Let me tell you‚ one of the problems in the ANC is that the term of office of the ANC and first especially when you are now doing your second term‚ you're still left in government with 18 months and it always creates a problem.

In the past with president [Nelson] Mandela it was easy because president Mandela said‚ 'Look‚ I'm going to let Thabo Mbeki run government‚ I'll just be dealing with other ceremonial activities.' So you couldn't see that tension