{"id":30705,"date":"2016-11-30T03:29:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T03:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-africa-s-jacob-zuma-survives-bid-to-oust\/"},"modified":"2016-11-30T03:29:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T03:29:45","slug":"south-africa-s-jacob-zuma-survives-bid-to-oust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-africa-s-jacob-zuma-survives-bid-to-oust\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s Jacob Zuma survives bid to oust him"},"content":{"rendered":"

{South Africa’s governing ANC has rejected a bid to oust the scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma.}<\/p>\n

A no confidence motion in Mr Zuma, tabled by a government minister, was defeated at a meeting of the ANC’s top leadership body.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma has faced a string of corruption allegations, with a recent report highlighting his links with the wealthy Gupta family.<\/p>\n

He left for Cuba early on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Fidel Castro.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma has survived several opposition-sponsored no confidence votes in parliament.<\/p>\n

This was the first time he faced a rebellion from senior ANC members who serve in his cabinet.<\/p>\n

Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom tabled a motion calling for his sacking at a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).<\/p>\n

He was backed by several other ministers, including Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi, local media reported.<\/p>\n

“The NEC did not support the call for the president to step down,” ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told a news conference.<\/p>\n

“This issue was debated openly, robustly and, as we said, sometimes it was very difficult for members themselves,” he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, an investigation by South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog said a judicial inquiry should be set up to further investigate allegations of criminal activity in Mr Zuma’s government.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma is accused of letting the Gupta family wield undue influence in his government.<\/p>\n

Both Mr Zuma and the Guptas have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The Guptas also denied offering Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas $44.6m (\u00a336.2m) last year if he accepted the post of finance minister and advanced their business interests.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Zuma had breached the constitution by failing to repay government money spent on his private home in rural Nkandla.<\/p>\n

A High Court has also ruled that he should be charged with 783 counts of corruption in relation to a 1999 arms deal.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma has denied taking bribes, and has appealed against the ruling.<\/p>\n

In August, the ANC lost control of the key cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria in local elections, for the first time since the end of white-minority rule in 1994.<\/p>\n

Voters had punished the party for corruption, and its failure to act against Mr Zuma, analysts said.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuma was elected South Africa’s president in 2009, and his allies say he will step down at the end of his two terms in 2019.<\/p>\n

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