Churches Join South Africa Rights Groups in Plea to Zuma to Quit
- Civil-rights groups seek president's ouster for breaching law
- Ruling African National Congress has rallied behind Zuma
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South African churches and civil-rights groups pledged to pressure President Jacob Zuma to resign after the nation’s highest court said he violated the constitution and his oath of office.
Human-rights activists, church groups and veterans of the ruling African National Congress gathered outside the nation’s Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday to demand that Zuma, 73, step down or be fired. They said they would start a protest campaign after the ANC used its majority in parliament on Tuesday to block an impeachment motion brought by the opposition.