South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will convene a special meeting of its executive body Monday, its spokesman said, amid mounting pressure on President Jacob Zuma to step down.
Spokesman Pule Mabe declined to comment on whether the meeting of the National Executive Committee, which has the power to instruct Zuma to resign, would discuss Zuma’s political future. A senior ANC source told Reuters, however, that the committee was likely to discuss Zuma’s situation at the meeting.
Zuma, who has overseen a tumultuous nine years in power marked by economic decline and numerous allegations of corruption, has been in a weakened position since he was replaced as ANC leader by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in December.
In this photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) South African President Jacob Zuma, left, and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with minsters and deputy ministers at a scheduled routine meeting.
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