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Alukho uthando olulahlekile phakathi kukahulumeni okhona noJacob Zuma, kodwa lowo owayenguMengameli wezwe unxuse labo abemesekayo ukuthi bangayidubi i-ANC KwaZulu-Natali okhethweni oluzayo lohulumeni basekhaya.
Esiqeshini sevidiyo esifakwe yiJG Zuma Foundation ku-Twitter ngoLwesibili, uZuma obukeka ebuthaka unxuse abalandeli bakhe ukuthi bavotele i-ANC, noma ngabe bathukuthelele iqembu.
“Ngizwile abanye abantu bethi ngeke bavote. Kubalulekile ukuthi sivote ikakhulukazi sivotele i-ANC,” usho kanje ngolimi lwasekhaya.
“Mhlawumbe nami nginezinto eziningi engingajabule ngazo, kodwa ngizovota. Ngoba uma singavoti, singagcina singenalo izwi ezindabeni zezwe.
“Ngicela uphinde ucabangisise ngesinqumo sakho bese uyavota,” engeza.
Umlayezo kaZuma uza phakathi kwezinsongo zabalandeli bakhe zokuthi bazogwema ukuvotela i-ANC okhethweni, ikakhulukazi eKZN.
Abaningi, kubandakanya nendodakazi kaZuma uDuduzile, basole obala i-ANC – iqembu ubaba wakhe alihola iminyaka eyishumi – ngokukhaphela ubaba wakhe.
Kwabaningi abathembekile kuZuma, ukuboshwa kwakhe ngomhla ziyisikhombisa kuNtulikazi kube isigameko abangakwazanga ukusixolela.
Basola abantu abaningi, kuhlanganisa noMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa, ngokukhaphela uZuma.
Njengempindiselo, abanye babalandeli bakhe basabise ngokuliduba ukhetho, kanti abanye bathi ngeke balivotele iqembu.
Ngalezi nsongo ezilengela phezu kwe-ANC, umbuzo uthi ngabe izokuphazamisa yini ukusebenza kwe-ANC ezikhungweni zokuvota.
Umhlaziyi wezepolitiki uPrince Mashele ukholelwa ekutheni ngeke kudale monakalo.
“UZuma akasenakho ukusekwa okukhulu njengoba ayejwayele ngesikhathi esanguMengameli. Ukusekwa kwakhe kunciphile. Ngakho-ke abantu abambalwa abangeke bavote ngeke badale monakalo omkhulu ekusebenzeni kweqembu,” kusho uMashele.
Khonamanjalo, abalandeli bakaZuma bazosingatha umcimbi wokumamukela eNkandla ngokubuya kwakhe ejele mhla ziyi-14 kuMfumfu. Lokhu kulandela ukuthi adedelwe ngoshwele wezokwelashwa ngenyanga edlule esigwebeni sakhe sezinyanga eziyi-15 esejele.