Pic: Alon Skuy

President Jacob Zuma suffered a major blow yesterday when an overwhelming number of ANC members rejected proposals in the ”second transition” policy document.

Senior ANC members, including Joel Netshitenzhe, joined delegates from several provinces at the party’s policy conference under way at Gallagher Estate in Midrand in proposing a rethink, or a complete trashing, of the document.

The strategy proposes that the ANC focuses on securing economic liberation. Its proponents argue that the first 18 years of democracy achieved South Africa’s political liberation.

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