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The Star, Johannesburg, August 25, 2006 //Edition 1//
=Only God judges, Tutu told=

Reaction to Desmond Tutu's calls for Jacob Zuma to abandon his presidential ambitions has been muted.

By last night, Zuma himself had not responded to Tutu's comments made while delivering the Harold Wolpe memorial lecture in Cape Town on Wednesday.

South African Communist Party spokesperson Kaiser Mohau said yesterday the party would not be responding to Tutu's statements, adding: "He has the right to echo his views."

He said it was up to the ANC to decide who its leader would be.

Tutu said: "The best thing Zuma could do for a land he loves deeply is to declare his decision not to take further part in the succession race of his party."

ANC Youth League spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said he was not prepared to comment and that Tutu "was expressing his own opinion".

KwaZulu Natal ANCYL leader Nhlakanipho Ntimbela said he was surprised at Tutu's comments. "He can raise his opinion, but it is surprising that the archbishop judges Zuma. When you go to church they tell you not to judge. Only God judges."

Cosatu national spokesperson Patrick Craven said the union federation had "never endorsed or not endorsed" Zuma's presidential ambitions.

"It is not Cosatu's role to intervene in the internal matters of the ANC."

Craven, however, reiterated Cosatu's support for Zuma in his upcoming corruption trial.

Supporters of Zuma have been quick to respond to Tutu's comments by posting their thoughts on the Friends of JZ website **[|www.friendsofjz.co.za]**

One of his supporters wrote: "(He) was crying like a baby during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for us to forgive apartheid murderers, but now he urges the public not to forgive Msholozi. What hypocrisy, bishop Tutu." - **Sapa**


 * From: http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3408156**

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