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# The Global Intelligence Files

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## Re: Wikileaks -- South Africa, May 16, 2008

Released on 2012-02-28 15:00 GMT

Email-ID | 5192411
Date | 2011-01-27 18:13:27
From | nhtaylor1998@yahoo.com
To | mark.schroeder@stratfor.com

Did you find the one related to our meeting?
Nate Taylor
512 970 7576
On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Mark Schroeder <mark.schroeder@stratfor.com>
wrote:
Confidential cable from the US Embassy Pretoria to the Secretary of
State, Washington DC (and others), May 16 2008:
SUBJECT: ZUMA CAMP MAY BE LOOKING TO OUST MBEKI
Classified By: Political Counselor Raymond L. Brown. Reasons 1.4(b) and
(d).
1. On 14 May, PolOff met with Zuma advisor Mo Shaik who told her that
Zuma is likely to assume the national Presidency before March or April
next year, when parliamentary elections would normally be held. When
asked if the Zuma camp had enough votes in Parliament (three-quarters)
needed to call a vote of no-confidence, Shaik replied, "that would not
be an issue."
However, he also asked PolOff if she had ever considered a scenario
where Mbeki's entire Cabinet deserted him, forcing him to resign.
PolOff asked why Mbeki couldn't just appoint a new Cabinet, but Shaik
answered with another question, asking "who would join Mbeki's cabinet
now? It would be suicide." He also added that momentum is building in
the ANC for Mbeki's removal and that the business community was
"begging" them to do it.
2. PolOff also met on 15 May with a French diplomat, who confirmed that
he was hearing the same thing from the Zuma camp and some other
diplomats (especially the Germans), but said he did not believe Mbeki
would back down so easily. He added that there is no evidence that Mbeki
is willing to cave to the Zuma camp, pointing out that Mbeki is still
putting off ANC Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe's inclusion into his
cabinet. (NOTE: When PolOff asked Shaik what position Motlanthe will
assume, he snidely said, "Why don't you ask your friend Mbeki?" END
NOTE)
3. BIO NOTE. Meeting Shaik is always work, but this meeting was
particularly pointed and painful, with Shaik coming across as vengeful,
insecure, and antagonistic. Over time, PolOff has managed to build some
rapport with him. For example, during PolOff's last meeting, Shaik
admitted he was looking forward to the birth of his first child (whom he
jokingly referred to as "the little dictator"), and even sent PolOff an
SMS when his wife went into labor. However, during this meeting (which
he called), he refused to be drawn into any personal conversation.
Instead, Shaik spent much of the hour and a half berating the United
States in general (for "never recognizing a bus when it hits us"), but
also the FBI and State Department in particular. He made a point of
telling PolOff that "he knows all about the FBI's role in selling South
Africa the idea of a law-enforcement agency with no oversight" i.e., the
Scorpions), going so far as to name former NLEA officers. He implied the
FBI purposefully sold South Africa an idea that the U.S. would never
allow on its own soil. He also repeatedly criticized the recent trip by
Assistant Secretary Frazer for coming to the continent to talk to
leaders about Zimbabwe, calling U.S. officials "stupid and arrogant."
4. COMMENT. Shaik is right in pointing out that there are many in the
Zuma camp who wish to take full revenge on Mbeki and end his tenure
early. Shaik, more than anyone, likely personalizes the issue given the
fact he blames the Scorpions for sending his brother to prison (not
because he was guilty). However, it is unclear if the Zuma camp has
reached a tipping point, especially within Mbeki's cabinet, which has
remained virtually unchanged for his entire tenure.
The Zuma camp has definitely gained a number of converts since Polokwane
simply because people want to stay on during the next administration,
but whether it is enough to oust Mbeki is unclear.
5. COMMENT CONT'D. However, there are also advantages to allowing Mbeki
to stay in power for his full term, a fact even Shaik has admitted in
previous meetings. Mbeki has had better days politically, but the Zuma
camp, for all its talk, is unlikely to come in and fix all of South
Africa's problems overnight. Combating crime, solving South Africa's
electricity shortages, increasing employment, improving service
delivery, and convincing Zimbabwean President Mugabe to step down are
not easy fixes. The fact is the longer Mbeki stays in power, the better
Zuma will look -- at least in the short-term -- when elections come
around next year.
BOST