Pressure mounts on Zuma to resign

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President Jacob Zuma

President Jacob Zuma has been dealt another blow and is likely to face even more pressure within his own party, the African National Congress, after the Constitutional Court on Thursday found he was liable to pay for some of the upgrades to his Nkandla home.
The Court has found the president failed to uphold, defend and respect the constitution as the supreme law of the land.

Zuma has already been under severe pressure because of the scandal erupting around the Gupta family and the offers it made to people of positions in Cabinet.

People in the ANC seem to be leading the pressure against Zuma, such as Gwede Mantashe and other leaders, may feel this gives them more momentum in what looks like some sort of move against Zuma.

But he still holds many of the aces even if today’s Top Six meeting decides to call a special National Executive Committee meeting, the president has strong support in that body.

Technically, he could only be recalled as party leader by a special congress and that seems unlikely at this point, unless he decides to take some other action.

Source: ewn.co.za

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