Lowo owayenguMengameli wezwe, uMnuz Jacob Zuma, usewushubile umkhankaso wakhe wezepolitiki, wabeka izinsolo ezibucayi kulowo owangena esikhundleni sakhe, uMnuz Cyril Ramaphosa. UZuma usola uRamaphosa ngokuthenga indlela yakhe yokuba ngumengameli kanye nokudayisa amaqabane ukuze azuze yena. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uZuma uthi uRamaphosa namalungu ambalwa ekhabhinethi babengekho emzabalazweni wenkululeko.

Esimemezelweni esishaqisayo ngoDisemba nyakenye, uZuma waziqhelelanisa ne-African National Congress (ANC), iqembu ake alihola, ezibophezela ukuthi uzokweseka iqembu elisanda kumiswa. uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party esikhundleni salokho.

Emcimbini wokukhankasa eMlazi, ngaphandle nje kweTheku, uZuma uzwakalise ukungazihlanganisi neqembu elibusayo le-ANC, aselibiza ngokuthi “i-ANC kaRamaphosa.” Uzwakalise akubonile kuvidiyo esakazwa kabanzi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, wathi:

“I-ANC ekhona akuyona i-ANC engiyaziyo … Lena kaRamaphosa. URamaphosa angikaze ngimbone ngesikhathi soMzabalazo… angikaze ngibabone abantu abaningi asebenzisana nabo kuKhabhinethi ngesikhathi soMzabalazo,”

Imizamo yokuthola okhulumela uRamaphosa, uVincent Magwenya, ukuze aphawule ayiphumelelanga.

Ingxabano ephakathi kukaZuma noRamaphosa iphinde yagqama ngesikhathi bevela kwikhomishini eholwa yiNhloko yamaJaji uRaymond Zondo. UZuma ukugxekile ukuba semthethweni kukaRamaphosa njengomengameli, elandisa izitatimende zakhe kwikhomishini:

“Okokuqala engakusho kwikhomishini, okungeyona imfihlo, ukuthi ngaba nenkinga yokuba nomengameli ongeyena umengameli… Kwavela ukuthi umengameli akakhethwanga okokuqala. Akakhethwanga abantu esabathuma ukuthi bayokhetha abaholi… wathenga ihhovisi likamongameli ngemali eshisiwe,”

UZuma ukhulume ngengqungquthela yokukhetha ubuholi be-ANC ka-2017, lapho uRamaphosa edlula uDkt Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma ukuze adle umhlanganiso kwesobumengameli, wathi uRamaphosa uvumile ngesikhathi sekhomishana ukuthi uxhase umkhankaso wakhe ngoxhaso oluvela ngaphandle.

“Wabuzwa yijaji (uZondo) kwikhomishini wavuma izwe lonke ukuthi wathenga isikhundla sokuba ngumengameli. Akayena umongameli wethu...kwakunemali eningi ayeyinikwa 'abamhlophe'' baphesheya,”

Ngaphezu kwalokho, uZuma usole i-European Union (EU) ngokunikela ngo-R1.6 billion kuRamaphosa, ngenhloso yokuhlakaza owayenguMvikeli woMphakathi, u-Busisiwe Mkhwebane, owaxoshwa waxoshwa nguRamaphosa.

UZuma ukhwele wadilika kuRamaphosa ngezinsolo zokuphula umthetho nemigomo ye-ANC ngokumemezela inhlangano njengenenkohlakalo. Uziphikile lezi zinsolo, evikela ubuqotho be-ANC ezimangalweni zenkohlakalo.

UZuma uphinde waveza izinsolo ezikhona eqenjini mayelana nokuthi uRamaphosa abizwe ngembuka ngezikhathi zobandlululo, ngaphandle kokudalula amagama abantu. Ubalule izeluleko ezicelwe yiMK Veterans Association (MKVA) mayelana nezinsolo zokukhaphela ezinhlwini zabo:

“AbakwaMKVA (uMkhontho weSizwe Veterans) bafika kimina bathi kunomuntu okusolakala ukuthi uyadayisa.

Ubeluleke ukuthi bakhulume noNobhala-Jikelele weqembu ukuze baqhubeke nokuthatha izinyathelo. Emuva kwalokhu kuqubuke izinsolo zokuthi kuphenywe yena uZuma.

UZuma uphethe ngokugxeka kabuhlungu uRamaphosa, ephawula ngokungabi bikho kokuphika ngesikhathi ebhekene nezinsolo zokukhaphela izikhulu zezepolitiki. Lokhu, ngokusho kukaZuma, kuyinkomba yesimilo sikamengameli okhona.