ANC holds ‘fruitful’ talks with Zuma

South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, has postponed a top-level meeting which was expected to decide on President Jacob Zuma’s future. Instead the party released a statement saying it had held “fruitful and constructive discussions” with him. It comes amid growing pressure on him to resign. Earlier, parliament took the extraordinary step of postponing Thursday’s […]

South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, has postponed a top-level meeting which was expected to decide on President Jacob Zuma’s future.

Instead the party released a statement saying it had held “fruitful and constructive discussions” with him.

It comes amid growing pressure on him to resign. Earlier, parliament took the extraordinary step of postponing Thursday’s state of the nation address.

It is not yet clear if any decisions were made in the latest talks.

The formal National Executive Committee meeting will now take place on 17 and 18 February, the ANC’s party leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, said in a statement.

The high-level attendees are the only ones with the power to remove the president from office.

Opposition parties are demanding that a vote of no-confidence be held to remove him.

Mr Zuma, 75, has resisted calls to quit over corruption allegations.