{"id":463559,"date":"2018-02-12T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/anc-leaders-meet-to-decide-on-zumas-future\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T08:45:36","slug":"anc-leaders-meet-to-decide-on-zumas-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/anc-leaders-meet-to-decide-on-zumas-future\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC leaders meet to decide on Zuma’s future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leaders of South Africa\u2019s governing ANC party are due to meet to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa Correspondent Andrew Harding.<\/p>\n

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was causing \u201cdisunity and discord\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma, 75, faces a number of corruption charges after nine years in power.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know you want closure\u201d, Mr Ramaphosa told a crowd marking 100 years since the birth of the country\u2019s first black president, Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n

An NEC meeting was called off last week following direct talks between Mr Zuma and Mr Ramaphosa, who is the deputy president as well as the new leader of the party.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma has resisted increasing pressure to quit since December, when Mr Ramaphosa replaced him as leader of the ANC (African National Congress).<\/p>\n

Correspondents say that if the NEC agrees to recall Mr Zuma, it would be very difficult for him to resist.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you have all heard, the National Executive Committee of the ANC will be meeting tomorrow\u2026 and because our people want this matter to be finalised, the NEC will be doing precisely that,\u201d Mr Ramaphosa told the rally in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged the ANC was suffering \u201ca period of difficulty, disunity and discord\u201d and said he wanted to replace it with \u201ca new beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n

He pledged to tackle the corruption that has marred Mr Zuma\u2019s time in office.<\/p>\n

Mr Ramaphosa urged South Africans to restore the values that Mr Mandela \u2013 also known as Madiba \u2013 stood for, and said those who had stolen state assets would be brought to justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must work together as Madiba taught us to push back the frontiers of poverty, unemployment and inequality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma\u2019s presidency has been overshadowed by allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n

In recent years his links to the wealthy India-born Gupta family, who are alleged to have influenced the government, have caused his popularity to plummet.<\/p>\n

Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas deny the allegations.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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