The writing is on the wall for Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s embattled president, but will he heed it? Report raises pressure on Jacob Zuma as thousands protest in Pretoria Read moreZuma has been beset by intrigue and scandal since first taking office. The Nelson Mandela Foundation charity warned on Tuesday that the “wheels [are] coming off” South Africa, while business groups and CEOs have called for new political leadership. At a rally in Pretoria on Wednesday, speakers from the Save South Africa coalition accused the ANC government of presiding over rampant corruption and called on Zuma to quit. Julius Malema, the former ANC youth wing firebrand who leads the Economic Freedom Fighters, condemned the Save South Africa movement as representatives of “white monopoly capital”.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2016 14:59 UTC