The Democratic Alliance has expressed dismay at Jacob Zuma’s election as president of the African National Congress.
"This is a dismal day for the ANC and for South Africa," DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
"It is an indictment on the ruling party that they could find no better candidate than Jacob Zuma to lead them."
Zuma swept to victory on Tuesday night, a win that puts him in line for the presidency of South Africa in 2009.
He beat Mbeki with 2329 against 1505 votes in their race for the presidency of the ANC.
Zille said the Polokwane conference had exposed many of Zuma’s supporters as unruly and ill-disciplined populists who could not observe the basic norms of decent, democratic behaviour.
"These are the people to whom Zuma owes his election as ANC president and he will have to return the favour. He will be accountable to them."
Zille said the ANC would now be held hostage by populists and left-wingers, leaving a growing vacuum at the centre of SA politics.
Zuma had carefully avoided making any policy pronouncements during his campaign for the ANC presidency, she said.
"But we know he has reactionary views on gender issues and that he has surrounded himself with dubious advisers. This is unlikely to change."
"This is a dismal day for the ANC and for South Africa," DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
"It is an indictment on the ruling party that they could find no better candidate than Jacob Zuma to lead them."
Zuma swept to victory on Tuesday night, a win that puts him in line for the presidency of South Africa in 2009.
He beat Mbeki with 2329 against 1505 votes in their race for the presidency of the ANC.
Zille said the Polokwane conference had exposed many of Zuma’s supporters as unruly and ill-disciplined populists who could not observe the basic norms of decent, democratic behaviour.
"These are the people to whom Zuma owes his election as ANC president and he will have to return the favour. He will be accountable to them."
Zille said the ANC would now be held hostage by populists and left-wingers, leaving a growing vacuum at the centre of SA politics.
Zuma had carefully avoided making any policy pronouncements during his campaign for the ANC presidency, she said.
"But we know he has reactionary views on gender issues and that he has surrounded himself with dubious advisers. This is unlikely to change."
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