{"id":399182,"date":"2018-02-07T06:55:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T06:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=399182"},"modified":"2018-02-07T06:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T06:55:34","slug":"south-africa-anc-holds-fruitful-talks-president-zuma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/south-africa-anc-holds-fruitful-talks-president-zuma\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: ANC holds ‘fruitful’ talks with President Zuma"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, has postponed a top-level meeting that was expected to decide on President Jacob Zuma’s future.<\/p>\n
Instead the ANC released a statement saying it had held “fruitful and constructive discussions” with him.<\/p>\n
Mr Zuma is under growing pressure from members of own party to resign amid corruption allegations.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Tuesday, parliament took the extraordinary step of postponing Thursday’s state of the nation address.<\/p>\n
South Africa’s Times Live website quoted unnamed sources as saying Mr Zuma was prepared to quit, if the right terms can be negotiated.<\/p>\n
The formal National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting has been set for 17 and 18 February, the ANC’s party leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The high-level group has the power to remove the president from office without his agreement.<\/p>\n
Opposition parties are demanding that a vote of no-confidence be held to remove him.<\/p>\n
Mr Zuma, 75, was replaced as party leader by Mr Ramaphosa, his 65-year-old deputy, in December. Mr Ramaphosa is set to succeed him as president.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Tuesday, the Nelson Mandela Foundation urged Mr Zuma to step down.<\/p>\n
South Africa had seen “systematic looting” under Mr Zuma’s rule, and he “must go sooner rather than later”, the foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, has postponed a top-level meeting that was expected to decide on President Jacob Zuma’s future. Instead the ANC released a statement saying it had held “fruitful and constructive discussions” with him. Mr Zuma is under growing pressure from members of own party to resign amid corruption allegations. Earlier on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":399183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[5284,481,914],"yoast_head":"\n