Speaking while campaigning in Clermont in Durban on Tuesday, she responded to an article in the France-based magazine, Jeune Afrique, which called for her to step down, saying it did not deserve a response.

The article said that Dlamini-Zuma – who had been seen by some as a potential successor to President Jacob Zuma – had instead of doing her job at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia, been spending most of her time in South Africa doing work for the ANC.

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