ANC donates R1.5m to Zuma

ANC President Jacob Zuma confirmed that even though the party took a decision at its general council in 2005 to support him, nothing concrete was done since then. Zuma, who heads South Africa's ruling party, made the comments after the ANC conference in Free State donated money to him. In an impromptu fundraising drive, delegates at the provincial conference raised R52 000, and they pledged an additional R1.4 million. The conference broke into song when Zuma arrived but that was only the beginning of the delegates' generosity. With a bit of encouragement from the re-elected provincial Chair and Treasurer, they opened their hearts and pockets and amassed over R52 000 in cash and much more in pledges from ordinary branch members. The money was a welcome boost for Zuma, who has already spent hundreds of thousands of rands to... [read full story]