Maybe 'ghosts' keep the opposition in power, says Jacob Zuma
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has blamed witchcraft for his
party's failure to beat the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in its
Western Cape stronghold, the Sowetan Live reports
"In the last elections I was satisfied that we were taking the Western Cape‚ I even said so. What went wrong? I too can’t tell you"."I don’t know‚ [maybe] it’s because of witchcraft, witches practice their craft in different ways."
The news site quotes President Zuma as saying that ghosts might even
been voting to keep the DA in power, during the speech made in both
isiZulu and isiXhosa languages:
"I don’t know where they get the luck to win here because people in the majority are not living comfortably. Maybe even ghosts are voting.”
The Sowetan Live also quotes Mr Zuma as saying that witches even "use electricity" these days.
He
made the comments yesterday while addressing fellow party members at
Lwandle Hall‚ in the south-western town of Strand, a year after his
governing ANC party suffered crushing defeats in local elections.
The
DA won control from the ANC in key areas in 2016, including the capital
Pretoria and the city of Cape Town‚ which it won with a two-thirds
majority.
President Zuma accused his opponents of "[using] large
sums of money‚ buying people", referring to the eight unsuccessful votes
of no-confidence held against him, the Sowetan Live reports.
The news site also quote Mr Zuma as saying he would never disappear, even if people poisoned him:
"Ancestors would abandon me if I left because of people who talk a lot."I will be with you‚ even when my term has ended. I will be in branches‚ speaking."
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