Zuma announced he had stepped down in a late-night television address in which he took some digs at the African National Congress (ANC) party that had threatened to oust him via a parliamentary no-confidence vote. In a 30-minute speech, Zuma said he had “come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect”. “I have only asked my party to articulate my transgressions and the reason for its immediate instruction that I vacate office,” he said. South Africa’s Zuma resigns, forced out by own partyZuma, 75, had been in a divisive power struggle with Ramaphosa, the deputy president. One case against him relates to 783 payments he allegedly received linked to an arms deal before he came to power.

Source: The Express Tribune February 15, 2018 08:03 UTC