SOUTH AFRICA: Ramaphosa: ANC impatient over Zuma future

The leader of South Africa’s ruling party has acknowledged growing impatience over the failure to resolve President Jacob Zuma’s future. Cyril Ramaphosa said the matter had to be handled with “care and purpose”. “We know you want this matter to be finalised,” he told a crowd marking 100 years since the birth of the country’s […]

The leader of South Africa’s ruling party has acknowledged growing impatience over the failure to resolve President Jacob Zuma’s future.

Cyril Ramaphosa said the matter had to be handled with “care and purpose”.

“We know you want this matter to be finalised,” he told a crowd marking 100 years since the birth of the country’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.

Mr Zuma is facing extensive corruption charges after a turbulent nine years in power.

The African National Congress (ANC) says the party will hold talks on Monday to resolve President Jacob Zuma’s future.

In a speech at the event in Cape Town, Mr Ramaphosa said the key aim of transition talks was to unite South Africans.

He also acknowledged the disunity within the ANC but said Mr Mandela’s centenary year “offers us a new beginning”.

Urging South Africans to restore the values Mr Mandela stood for, he called for an end to corruption and said those who had stolen state assets would be brought to justice.