By AFPMore by this AuthorSouth Africa President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence, as ruling ANC party lawmakers stuck by their leader despite growing divisions and fierce criticism of his rule. But ANC officials and most analysts had predicted that the president would survive the vote given the party's large parliamentary majority. The ANC parliamentary party celebrated victory over what it described as an attempted "soft coup". "Today's motion of no confidence result is closer than anyone expected," Mmusi Maimane, leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance party said, hailing "brave" ANC lawmakers who voted against Zuma. TOXIC MIX"Jacob Zuma is the manifestation of what the ANC has become — a toxic mix of corruption, cronyism and nepotism."

Source: Daily Nation August 08, 2017 17:21 UTC