Zuma Looks to ANC for Backing After Court Says He Violated Law
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Jacob Zuma. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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A ruling by South Africa’s top court that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution doesn’t mean he’s leaving office anytime soon. He can still count on his African National Congress’s parliamentary majority to shield him from impeachment or a no-confidence vote.
Backed by the majority in the ANC’s decision-making National Executive Committee and with his party holding a 62 percent majority in the National Assembly, Zuma, 73, retains plenty of support as he faces the biggest challenge of his seven years in office.