With the national election being held next Wednesday, The opposing leader, Helen Zille started a campaign to stop Zuma. While it may be imposable for her to keep Jacob Zuma, the leader of the governing African National Congress (A.N.C), from being president, she hopes to stop the A.N.C from getting two-third of all the votes and make changes to the Constitution. The A.N.C. wants to defend itself “from corruption investigations, even if it means undermining the constitution,” she warned that South Africa can become a “failed state.” The governing party has held a two-thirds majority for the past five years without making these changes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/africa/16briefs-002.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=south%20africa&st=cse
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