Mail and Guardian
Zwelinzima Vavi is emerging as a dark horse for a senior ANC leadership position in the run-up to ruling party?s next elective conference this December in Mangaung.
Stopping short of actually throwing his hat into the ring in the run-up to the ruling party?s next elective conference in Mangaung this December, Vavi is positioning himself as the focal point for change in the ANC.
?He realises change needs to come. He backed Zuma in Polokwane but he believes he hasn?t seen any tangible results. He now either has the option of backing someone else again or going it alone,? an ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member told the Mail & Guardian on condition of anonymity on Sunday.
In a week of barnstorming speeches, Vavi repeatedly called for a change in the current trajectory of the ANC, claiming the ruling party ?didn?t care anymore?.
?We can?t go to that [Mangaung] conference only worried about who will be president and deputy president. Political issues must be dealt with for a better future,? Vavi told delegates at the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) bargaining conference in Centurion on Wednesday.
Vavi then followed this up with a call for the tripartite alliance to ?prepare for battle? at the weekend.
?If the ANC were to collapse due to infighting or a failed revolution, it would shatter the dreams of the working class. Let us use our provincial and national congresses to forge policies and programmes of action which will arm us for the battles ahead,? Vavi said on Saturday, at a regional Cosatu conference in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga.
The kingmaker
These latest statements add to the rumours that Vavi is seen as a point man for the call for change in the party and that he is being lined up for a senior ANC position in the near future.
Officially though, Vavi is distancing himself from these rumours.
?No, I am not campaigning. If I was, then I wouldn?t be pushing for re-election within Cosatu,? Vavi told the M&G on Sunday. ?Read more?
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