President Jacob Zuma’s political future depends on the balance of forces within the African National Congress National Executive Committee. While engrossing legal questions occur about whether Speaker Baleka Mbete or the members of the National Assembly can insist on a secret ballot when a vote of no confidence against President Zuma is considered (they can),obsessing about these technicalities is a distraction. The faction that controls the NEC controls the ANC (in between elective conferences) and, in turn, or controls the ANC caucus in Parliament.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za