| Published Tue, August 8th 2017 at 21:34, Updated August 8th 2017 at 21:36 GMT +3South Africa's President Jacob Zuma photo:courtesySouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived an eighth vote of no confidence - despite the ballot being held in secret. This news was greeted with cheers and singing by ANC MPs. The opposition had hoped ANC MPs might vote against their leader if the ballot was secret. Earlier, South Africa's opposition derided Zuma as a "broken and corrupt" leader. "The vast majority of ANC MPs are not willing to risk the stability of the party in order to remove Zuma in this fashion."

Source: Standard Digital August 08, 2017 18:33 UTC