Lungani Zungu
Sekuyiminyaka eminingi uJacob Zuma noBheki Cele bengabangani abasondelene. UCele wayengumculi odumisa uZuma kakhulu – kodwa lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba lowo owayenguMengameli ngaleso sikhathi axoshe ukhomishana wamaphoyisa wangaleso sikhathi.
Yize lesi kuyisikhathi somlando eNingizimu Afrika, uCele angathokoza futhi ukubona indoda eyake yahlala esihlalweni sikaMengameli esinamandla e-Union Building iphonswa ejele.
UZuma waxosha uCele ngemuva kokuthi uCele esolwe ngenkohlakalo – ngemuva kokuthi uCele emesekele ekukhuphukeni kwakhe okumangazayo kwesobuMengameli be-ANC ngowezi-2007 nasezweni kweminyaka emibili kamuva ngowezi-2009.
UCele washiya umsebenzi kahulumeni eyindoda engeneme, ezizwa ekhashelwa nguZuma, umuntu owake wamyalela ezinhlakeni ezingaphansi komhlaba ze-ANC.
UZuma wazama ukuthambisa uCele ngesikhundla sokuba yiphini likangqongqoshe wezoLimo, amaHlathi kanye nezokuDoba ngowezi-2014. UCele wayengeke abe yilutho lwalokho futhi waqala ukukhuluma kabi mayelana nobuMengameli bukaZuma, ikakhulukazi ubuhlobo bakhe nomndeni wakwaGupta owawunempikiswano.
Ngowezi-2017, uCele wayephakathi kwamalungu aphezulu e-ANC ayephumele obala ekhankasela ukuthi uCyril Ramaphosa akhethwe njengoMengameli we-ANC, edabula amavoti abaluleke kakhulu e-KZN.
URamaphosa unqobile, wehlula ukhetho lukaZuma, owayengunkosikazi wakhe uNkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
Futhi manje usuku lukaCele selufikile. NgoLwesibili inkantolo yomthethosisekelo ikhiphe umyalelo wokuthi ungqongqoshe wamaphoyisa kumele ahudulele uZuma ejele uma engazinikeli emaphoyiseni ezinsukwini ezinhlanu. Njengongqongqoshe wamaphoyisa, uCele uzobeka isipikili sokugcina ebhokisini likaZuma uma izinsuku ezinhlanu zidlula ngaphandle kokuthi uZuma azinikele emaphoyiseni eNkandla noma e-Joburg Central.
UZuma ugwetshwe izinyanga eziyi-15 ebhadla ejele ngenxa yokwenqaba ukuvela phambi kwekhomishini yophenyo eyayiholwa yiJaji uRaymond Zondo.