The foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela on Tuesday blamed South Africa's President Jacob Zuma for the "wheels coming off" Africa's most industrialised nation and urged a change in political leadership. Since coming to power in 2009, Zuma has survived a string of corruption scandals almost unscathed. In a rare statement, the non-profit Nelson Mandela Foundation, whose board is made up of 10 prominent South African academics, politicians and journalists, called on Zuma's African National Congress (ANC) to change its leadership. The Mandela Foundation said the court ruling over Nkandla was an example of how Zuma had failed to uphold the constitution. The Mandela Foundation said it had seen a weakening of law enforcement bodies under Zumaand supported "the demand to hold to account those responsible for compromising our democratic state and looting its resources."

Source: The Star November 01, 2016 13:01 UTC