The impending fraud, corruption, racketeering and money-laundering charges against former president Jacob Zuma are deeply dividing the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal.National director of public prosecutions Shaun Abrahams has announced the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will proceed with the prosecution, thus ending a nine-year battle to have the charges reinstated.Zuma, who hails from KwaZulu-Natal, is said to have support in some of the ANC’s structures in the province.Party supporters have taken sides on the matter with the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal, saying it will support Zuma. The case was brought by the agents of "white monopoly capital" fighting Zuma’s commitment to the "radical economic transformation", it said."We will mobilise our members, and the youth in general, to head to the Pietermaritzburg High Court in support of former president Jacob Zuma. He is our hero and he deserves our support," provincial league chairman Kwazi Mshengu said."We believe that these charges...
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