No doubt referred to the repair of the damaged pipelineYet most of them would still lose money this yearA technical master position that enthusiasmMathieu Blondel specialist of the firm Arthur dBeing at the crossroads seems to please himOur ability to invest remains very strongBut it all depends on the definition of incidentNamed ideo it will be proposed on May 25Planning also leaves no flexibility to act urgentlyWe we recognize fully the national approachSunday, at the Ellis Park in Johannesburg Stadium, Jacob Zuma supporters were already celebrating the victory of their leader. On the podium of the campaign of the African national Congress (ANC) meeting, the leaders of the party and its Communist and Trade Union partners succeeded to the rostrum. "We will save an overwhelming victory!" launches one. "The ANC will win the Wednesday vote!," another said. More than 23 million South Africans are called to the polls today to choose their representatives to the provincial parliaments and the National Assembly which will then elect the President of the Republic. Strong outcome legitimacy of the struggle against apartheid, the ANC is a majority of two thirds in the lower House a threshold which would allow it to amend the Constitution. Its leader, Jacob Zuma, is almost assured of access to the Supreme bench. A survey published yesterday the credits of 67 of voting intentions. Yet, this poll is announced as the tighter since the accession of the ANC in power at the end of apartheid in 1994. According to some analysts, it is indeed not excluded that the party, which has 70 per cent of those elected to Parliament since 2004, saw its majority reduced to 65 or even 60, below the famous line of two-thirds. If the ANC obtained less than 60 of the vote, the elections would be seen as a slap for Jacob Zuma.
Image wounded
The likely fourth President of democratic South Africa may also be the most controversial. The image of Jacob Zuma has been wounded by his conflict with the law. Acquitted in 2006 of a trial for rape, he comes to the abandonment of prosecutions for fraud and corruption under a contract of weapons dating from 1999, involving the French Thales Group. Less than half of voters consider him innocent.
Opposition attacks
Opposition parties are also on this malaise to make a breakthrough, beginning with the Congress of the people (COPE), a split from the ANC in December, after the resignation of the former President Thabo Mbeki. But the party is considered too young. It is also especially concentrated on a rejection of the ANC doing to vague promises to fight poverty. The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, also put on the unease generated by the personality of Jacob Zuma. Its head, Helen Zille has everything to drag the head of the ANC in the courts. She has campaigned on the theme of nepotism and the confiscation of power for the benefit of a minority. According the polls, his party should however cap on his score of 2004 (12.4), because only regarded as a party of whites. The leader of the Party of freedom Inkatha (IFP), Mangosuthu Buthelezi, is an another rival of Jacob Zuma. Friday has accused the ANC of "terrorist tactics" against his supporters, saying that three of its activists had been assaulted. The ANC has denied. Since then, Jacob Zuma is reassuring while giving a respectable image. Yesterday, he promised to use its majority "with responsibility (and without walking) under foot the rights of the citizens". "We will continue to defend and promote the Constitution and all the democratic institutions of the country", he added. The results of this evening will tell if he was able to convince.
