South Africa is on tenterhooks as the top leadership of the governing ANC party meets behind closed doors, to debate the scandal engulfing President Cyril Ramaphosa over his response to a robbery two years ago.
There has been intense speculation that he would resign. But ahead of Friday’s meeting, ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe said he didn’t think President Ramaphosa should resign, that he wasn’t a liability to the party, and that the full process must be allowed to unfold at the meeting.
This comes after a damning report into a burglary at Mr Ramaphosa’s private game farm in 2020 in which at least $580,000 (£470,000), and maybe much more, in foreign currency was stolen.
The findings of the report suggest that the president may have committed serious misconduct, but he denies any wrongdoing.
Some in the ANC have been calling for the president’s resignation while those close to him have said he will take a decision that is in the best interest of the country.
Source: BBC