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In a televised speech, South African President Jacob Zuma said he would resign "with immediate effect"
The resignation of South African President Jacob Zuma as head of state brings certainty to a country gripped in political drama for weeks, a senior official in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Wednesday.
“This decision provides certainty to the people of South Africa at a time when economic and social challenges to the country require an urgent and resolute response,” said the ANC’s deputy secretary general, Jessie Duarte.
The ANC had called on Zuma to resign and told him that it would sack him via a parliamentary vote of no-confidence if he did not resign.
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6 年Perhaps South Africa needs a new " truth and Reconciliation" process, to deal with allegations of corruption and state capture
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6 年Siyabonga to the fmr. President for his self-less service for the freedoms now enjoyed by Africans in these economically occupied lands. ours is a struggle that must continue against the economic occupation of South Africa.
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6 年He has duly paid his dues to South African development and its imperative he leaves honourably
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6 年Jacob Zuma will be remembered as a Freedom Fighter. South Africa is a great nation and the ANC the spirit and the soul of our greatest South African people among them the greatest of the greatests Nelson Madiba Mandela. A New Dawn. With ANC and Cyril Ramaphosa.
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6 年?? that was a close call. Now let’s just hope and pray he walks away peacefully and doesn't get in the way of progress.