African National Congress (ANC) structures in KwaZulu-Natal are preparing to defy the governing party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) by mobilising support for former President Jacob Zuma when he appears in the High Court in Durban on Friday.
A night vigil will be held on Thursday night to back up Zuma. The night vigil will see a group of prominent religious leaders who call themselves the National Interfaith of South Africa (NISA), sharing the stage with Zuma’s supporters.
Zuma is facing 16 charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
One of the organiser’s, Bishop TB Ngcobo, says they will support Zuma with disrupting the court proceedings.
“We want to send the message that we must stop judging people before the court of law because now it’s a tendency in South Africa that people are being judged and rejected by people before the law. So now what we are saying is that we are going to support Zuma because he is not found guilty, it’s just an allegation that was put forward by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). If the courts will say Zuma is guilty we will accept that as followers,” says Ngcobo.
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