ANC top six to meet with Zuma on Sunday, likely to tell him to resign

With mounting pressure on President Jacob Zuma to voluntarily resign before next week Thursday’s State of the Nation address (Sona) in the National Assembly, it is being reported that the ANC’s top six officials will meet with him this Sunday to tell him to step down from office.

According to a report by Sowetan, ANC sources told the paper the officials would inform Zuma to resign or face impeachment or a vote of no confidence in Parliament.

The top six leaders – who include ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, his deputy, David Mabuza, secretary-general Ace Magashule, his deputy Jesse Duarte, chairperson Gwede Mantashe and provincial chairperson Paul Mashatile – are reportedly expected to tell Zuma that they would not defend him should his future be decided in parliament.

The ANC’s national working committee (NWC), which meet on Monday at Luthuli House, resolved that the national officials should meet with Zuma and persuade him to step down as a matter of urgency. They apparently also agreed that Zuma should not be allowed to address the nation during the Sona.

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