Manguang results sets Twitter abuzz
2012-12-18 16:02
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2012-12-18 15:25
After being re-elected as ANC president for another term, President Jacob Zuma addressed thousands of delegates at Mangaung with the traditional singing and dancing. Watch. WATCH
Johannesburg - From the triumphant to the tongue-in-cheek
to angry tirades, Twitter was abuzz with reactions to Zuma and his allies'
appointments to the ANC's top six on Tuesday.
"Congratulations to all the newly elected office
bearers of the ANC! Cosatu commits to work with them to drive change,"
Cosatu general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi tweeted.
Civil society activist Zackie Achmat appeared dismayed,
writing: "Zuma re-election at Mangaung represents the victory of the
corrupt business and public service faction with their tribalist
counter-parts."
Andrew Feinstein, a former ANC MP and author of a book
critical of the party's involvement in the arms deal, seemed to feel the same.
"Zuma consolidates power w-in ANC. Victory 4 cont.
of patronage, corruption & sub-standard gov. Sad. Up 2 all 2 demand honest
accountable gov, (sic)," he tweeted.
Former ANC youth league spokesman Floyd Shivambu, who
along with ousted leader Julius Malema had asked the conference to reinstate
them into their positions, tweeted his determination not to rest in "the
war for economic freedom in our lifetime".
"We lost the battle, but the war is on until total
victory," he tweeted.
Others appeared to take a more laid-back approach.
Veteran journalist Max du Preez told his followers: "As Zuma win was
announced, I thought: Shaik, Gupta, phone tap tapes, Nkandla... & then I
decided, what the hell, time for a dop".
Political analyst Eusebius McKaiser took a light-hearted
dig at newly-elected deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa's position as head of
fast food restaurant McDonald's in South Africa, posting: "I doubt the
losers will have McDonalds for lunch."
Popular culture icon Evita Bezuidenhout expressed her
delight.
"I'm glad Jacob Zuma has got his second term. He did
nothing in his first term except get married, get married, get married..."
Zuma has been married six times and currently has four
wives.
Along with Zuma and Ramaphosa, Gwede Mantashe was voted
in as secretary-general, Jessie Duarte as deputy secretary-general, Baleka
Mbete as national chairperson, and Zweli Mkhize as treasurer-general.
- SAPA
