m for me ok so if african president jacob zuma political future is uncertain after days of negotiations between him and the country's ruling african national congress this comes more than a year before his second term is due to expire and today we discuss once there was a possible departure means for both the future of the a.n.c. and south africa's political landscape. and you're now in the stream live on al-jazeera and you too have a shortened you send us your questions and your comments i know you have a lot to say and we are trying to get it into the show. social. worker but it is. president zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption zuma denies any wrongdoing and maintain support among a segment of the n c but his scandals have been considered by others in the party to be a political liability ahead of next year's general election amid mounting pressure from within the party and protests demanding zuma must go a.n.c. officials led b

president zuma has been at the center of several scandal since he first took office back in two thousand and nine or he faces more than seven hundred charges linked to allegations of bribery and corruption denies any wrongdoing and maintained support among a segment of the n c but his scandals have been considered by others in the party to be a political liability ahead of next year's general election i made mounting pressure from within the party protests demanding zuma must go a.n.c. officials led by south african deputy president. on monday to discuss his fate correspondent for me to miller reports from johannesburg. well this meeting has been going on for a couple of hours now and the expectation is that the national executive committee will come out to push jacob zuma to resign and all indications so far is that he's resisted that unless even through talks with the president of the a.n.c. so remote poor over the last few days where they were trying to come to some sort of solution some sort of exit plan to get jacob zuma out it seems that those talks collapsed there were a number of

well after nine years as the president of south africa jacob zuma has resigned the seventy five year old was given an ultimatum by his own party amid numerous allegations of corruption speaking a short time ago zuma said he disagreed with the way he was being forced out the a.n.c. should. be divided in my name. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect. even though i disagree with the decision of my of the leadership of my of going to zation i have always been a disciplined member of the sea will soon one two presidential elections but his presidency was hampered by several corruption scandals his position had become increasingly untenable since december two thousand and seventeen when he was replaced by several ram opposers leader of the a.n.c. of the miller reports now. he's path to the presidency began in one thousand nine hundred nine as deputy under the leadership of topple mbeki but personal differences in power struggles put a strain on their relationship in june two thousand and five president mbeki fired jacob zuma and

zuma against the scandals hanging over him for the a.n.c. against south africa's economic hardship. and for some loudness is a high with new christine a moon deval whose joins me now from in the studio you bet the last twenty four hours i can see christine and tell me. what is going to happen the next couple of days all right so off to parliament elects so rebels as president he needs to be sworn in we are and we understand that could either happen later today or tomorrow they also indicated that he wants and they want him to present the state of the nation address tomorrow evening ok now this is really the end of the zuma era as we know it but there are many many corruption allegations against him do you think he's been given some kind of immunity from prosecution in return for him stepping don nelson a good christian image and a lot of people are wondering the same thing because in the build up to his resignation they have been reports that he is demanding some form off in the unity the immunity is not for the a.n.c. or sauron of course a

what has gone wrong in your opinion and zuma? -- under. the key to understand the alleged looting of the state by president zuma is the fusion of the anc as a party and the state. president zuma deployed people loyal to him and him only into key positions throughout government, the supposedly independent constitutions of the state. to further his own material accumulation and to make sure he would not be prosecuted. i think that has been the tragedy of the zuma years, the extent to which the state has atrophied, the extent to which zuma was able to engage in such widespread looting of south africa. and the fact that so many, including many anc parliamentarians and anc officials, they have enabled this corruption to take place. but also, at the same time, ben, it is a remarkable testament to south africa's democracy, especially to the independence of the judiciary and incredibly vibra nt the independence of the judiciary and incredibly vibrant and tough media that has actually brought jacob zuma, finally, to account today. very good to talk

to have faced a vote of no confidence in parliament tomorrow unless he resigned tonight well jacob zuma in just the last few moments there has resigned with immediate effect welcome to al-jazeera this is the news hour from london and of course our top story tonight jacob zuma the president of south africa as just in the last few moments resigned with immediate effect he said he would do so even though he disagrees with his own party the a.n.c. and their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office he's avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller who's in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didn't it that he wasn't going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the e

this is news live from berlin south africa's president jacob zuma addresses and then nation as his party calls for him to resign he says he does not fear losing a vote of no confidence or exiting political office but he says that he will only leave any matter prescribe by the constitution. also coming up at zimbabwe an opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died after a long battle with illness we will look at his legacy. of seroquel and welcome to the program we have team coverage this hour with my colleague christine one south africa's president jacob zuma has announced his resignation he made the announcement in a televised address to the people of south africa a short while ago the move coming after an order by his a.n.c. party to resign by the end of today or face a no confidence vote in parliament let's listen to what he had to say. actually i've just been told by my producer we don't have that statement from zoom us to we're going to get straight to the analysis now christine when he was here with us on the set and you have been covering this from the very beginning christiane wh

party to resign president zuma says he will respond tomorrow. they're up to date news i'm sarah kelly and thanks so much for joining us this half hour they hope to see you can see. the. freedom of expression. a value that always has to be defended in new. all over the world. of freedom freedom of art. a multimedia a project about artists and their right to express their views freely. d w dot com or to freedom.

secretary general saying let's leave it to zuma surely that cannot be a plan given zuma defiance and his refusal to step down so what do you think happens now going forward could zuma still be in power three months from now six months from now whether it does very difficult to say at the moment and i find it very difficult to speculate he has called for a press press briefing tomorrow morning so we'll see what is going on it doesn't seem that he's going to step down immediately because if he would do so have a clear he addressed the nation and not the media. you know. why not just hold a vote of no confidence in parliament why isn't the a.n.c. just doing that zuma would be pretty swiftly removed i wouldn't say yes i think so but it would also make him look weak and i think the. the trying to avoid death because it would also make you organization to make it up the organization because it's at least what a lot of people donate and so you think i'm pretty sure that they would get a simple majority did this needed for a motion of no confidence but it would also expose people who don't s

and corruption corruption is the biggest overriding issue in south africa and in zuma and zuma it's just it's an every part of friends of society so in a huge problems that the cause gone are still the important posts and they're not going to be gone in one day or two days so a couple of months it's going to be. a long june or want to thank you so much south african journalist on the sarah fontaine we appreciate it thank you so much sir. let's get a quick check now and smaller ears but to no avail. a train crash in the central austrian town of nicholas storefronts killed one person and injured more than twenty others police say that one train hit the side of the other news station the cause is being investigated. people held a vigil in moscow to remember the seventy one people killed in a plane crash near the russian capital on sunday investigators have recovered the flight data recorder from the wreckage it may offer clues as to why the plane came down after just appearing from radar screens about four minutes into flight. the former president of georgia and ukrainian protest leader mik

well president zuma has responded to the a.n.c. is demands for him to go he gave his first interview to local t.v. on wednesday this is some of what he had to say. you prison system you know even the manner in which it is take you live in the manner in which it is taken is very strange to me there is such a rush. in the letter that is written one line to was and says. engagement is is is is open but we can still engage in other still has way. in my response that i was going to be doing. nothing open to further discussion but the other shoe i am told now they're taking a decision that tomorrow in parliament because going to be a vote of no confidence nobody has even come to me to say. we're moving if we don't move what is the rush at been asking this question all the time . all right let's bring in our guests now in johannesburg we have an early money who is president of the progressive professionals for amanda a member of the a.n.c. in cape town we have been to holomisa this member of parliament and president of the opposition part

zuma would have indeed impacted on the a.b.c. winning the next elections and twenty nineteen because he sounded and all of these people who bring lays his reputation down and the corruption charges that are hanging over his head so it was an agent issue for the a.n.c. to get rid of jacob zuma and if i mean it's the only hope actually they had to replace him with sort of oppose it because if zuma was going to take a seat to the to the election next year many people argue that the a.n.c. might have is in the last elections perhaps you can summarise the fact that zuma now is not the president he's not the leader of the a.n.c. he doesn't have the protection afforded to someone in power how vulnerable is the now to some of the cases that were brought against him that was sort of shoved to one side over corruption coming to the forefront again what we're looking to sort of figure is the country of or flow with a very strong and independent judicial system so it is believed that he's going to benefit from that but i don't think that the

jacob zuma a.n.c. party orders him to step down paving the way for the end of his scandal plagued presidency but he defines refuses to go saying he's done nothing wrong it is a power struggle for the soul of a nation i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. before my. group goes for two very very very good things or groups who could refer to the forces for. goodness and or good order over all three shows that there is a. group of good. truth. to that group who is going through service to the three to six months all the groups the e.u. the longer he stays the more he's going of course that's. from our discourse that's all very uneasy abeam go between heads be known for their role perhaps in in south africa but only if you don't think for change for the better tell especially economies that could move away from junk status here as well that million exiting the bag that it's time for you to step down. we begin with and on certain political future in south africa the ruling a.n.c. party has confirmed it

elizabeth cohen i'm also ahead speculation bells about the future of south africa's president jacob zuma after an unprecedented delay to his state of the nation address. ninety one people killed in just twenty four hours the syrian and russian jets hit rebel held areas an adlib an east and class. three. that's left often florida for the world's most powerful rocket why it could be a turning point in space exploration. a magnitude six point four earthquake has hit east in taiwan killing at least four people and injuring more than two hundred albums these are live pictures where rescue is in the port city of say many people trapped and badly damaged buildings which look like they could collapse at any moment. has the latest. working against the clock to search for survivors. rescuers are using cranes to get to those trapped in what's left of while ins marshall hotel when the earthquake struck just before midnight local time the ground floor katie dean leaving the entire building slanting on its site. to go to the. one of them says. there are two people left inside one is my older brother a

jacob zuma a.n.c. party orders him to step down paving the way for the end of his scandal plagued presidency but he defines refuses to go saying he's done nothing wrong it is a power struggle for the soul of a nation i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. with. a group who are in the pose for a few figures river bridges or groups who could refer to divorces for. good reason or good order over all three shows that there is going to go through the improved. truth. that the group who's going through six booth with three to six moves all the groups these in the long back these days more is going to cost us . from madhu's close down so very uneasy apne going to be paying enough for. grabs in in south africa but only if you don't think for change for the better especially club music could move away from john street as it was rolled out will be made to say about that it's time for you to step down. we begin with an on certain political future in south africa the ruling a.n.c. party has confirmed it has to

jacob zuma has lived and ruled in the shadow of greatness. however it comes about, he will leave office a humiliated figure. the government has unveiled an online tool, powered by artificial intelligence, that it says can accurately detect extremist content and stop it from being viewed. the home secretary, amber rudd, says she wouldn't rule out bringing in a law, that would force technology companies to use it. but with propaganda from so—called islamic state appearing on more than 400 platforms last year, there are concerns that such groups will simply adapt their methods to reach new audiences. our media editor amol rajan has the story. militaristic, cinematic and often shot with high—level production values, these propaganda videos for the so—called islamic state espouse terror and hatred. they're also easy to find on the internet right now. so what we have here are two videos, one of which is extremist content, the other which is perfectly legitimate news coverage. now an artificial intelligence firm in london has used home office

where does all this leave jacob zuma? facingr: jacob zuma is multiple criminal charges, including corruption, racketeering, money laundering, being veryed of close and cozy with an indian family. yesterday, the investigators ta compound,ump where they arrested family members and business associates who are in connection with a dairy farm, and it also relates to the fact that the government millions of rand for uplifting farmers, but that money actually found its way into the pockets of this family. so that scandal is a bound and jacob zuma's son is a close associate, a business associate, of this family, so all eyes will be focused on that court case to see how president jacob zuma is implicated in this scandal with a dairy farm. it goes, it is actually much bigger than that, he faces and ite criminal charges is only a matter of time, because the national prosecuting authority has said that they will be looking at implementing and reinstating the charges against president jacob zuma. one of the things that came out of the

towns president jacob zuma that his time is up but zuma who faces many corruption allegations has so far refused to step aside also coming up dramatic scenes at a kiev restaurant as border police deported opposition media mikheil saakashvili ukraine says he was in the country illegally saakashvili is calling the move a kidnapping me get the latest from our correspondent in creating capital. plus the obama's make history again this time of with their portraits. i tried negotiate was great here. and there's. artistic integrity would not allow him to do what else. the former u.s. presidents kasuri hume all once again on display at the on dealing office converse destined for washington's national portrait gallery. hello and welcome i'm a touchy mom we start with south africa where the ruling in c. party has given embattled president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign the decision follows a marathon meeting of party chiefs that ended overnight it knocks the in sees the. latest attempt to calm the country's turbulent political situation that's been stood by a president because you're l

zuma became president in two thousand and nine with the a.n.c. i call the looking on zuma had been jailed alongside mandela in the apartheid years but his rule was soon dominated by economic stagnation and corruption scandals. and see became odd in wrangling over his fitness for office that culminated this week in a demand for his resignation but even on wednesday zuma insisted he done nothing wrong i have a feeling that the leadership is unfair is not even helping me to understand what is it that is so critical. it doesn't you know you must go you must just got a problem with that but the allegations of corruption aren't going away on wednesday armed police staged a dramatic raid on the home of zuma as close associates the wealthy gupta family. it's alleged they are unfairly one lucrative government contracts and even influenced the choice of ministers in zuma as cabinet. with zuma now gone many south africans are hoping things will change. because it's about storage and. there's no way he would have ever suffered i think jacob zuma was bad news

this after the zuma after zuma had been forced to cancel his state of the nation address due to fears lawmakers would disrupt the speech it's an embarrassing climbdown for the leader and a sign of intense pressure on him to step down in the wake of a string of scandals. jacob zuma future hangs in the balance as pressure to resign mounts the opposition says zuma has no right to address the country in an annual speech that was set for this week i think south africa wants to close a chapter on this story that's going to future. and the speak to of what he's done to icon of the party of politics and to political is this who must own a.n.c. party is also raising doubts about his future party members are set to discuss his fate at a meeting next week and a vote of no confidence is not desired although most important consideration is that we don't believe. should we. didn't of. this week protesters have already been sending messages to the a.n.c. as the party weighs its options on zuma some are convinced his time is up but others say pounds off the president until his term ends next year. so

for now, zuma is clinging to hisjob. in places like zimbabwe and kenya, we have seen this sort of situation turn ugly and dangerous. but south africa is still a robust democracy. so, whether he is pushed or hejumps, president zuma will soon be out of power, and, most likely, in court on corruption charges. it is a moment of drama and optimism for a country poised to exit the troubled zuma era. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. an amtrak passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight service, with more than 140 people on board. south carolina's governor said it appeared that the passenger train had been on the wrong track at the time of the crash. it's a horrible thing to see, to understand the force that's involved. two trains — that's about as forceful as you can get. the engine of the — the first engine of the freight train was torn up, and the single engine of the passenger

on certain ministerial appointments allegations that gupta's zuma denies. charge of the government i'm in charge i point. in terms of the constitution there is no minister who is the here who was appointed by the does. the accusation stuck the national ombudsman published a three hundred fifty five page report on the matter and twenty six doing its title state of capture the kind household term the normally media shy go tos had little choice but to respond. not lobbyist markets to capture. as far as concern of their army friend only going to do to me as a friend of the people in that thing and met office what all of the panelists explain and understand that captured is that. when you are taking any advantage of anybody a.j. got to say listen two percent of their business is government related to their image was talking to it now with the arrests of several members of the gupta family many will be looking to see how this case will impact the president. to syria now where an aid convoy has reached eastern ghouta the first to do so since last november the dama

may make next that if jacob zuma doesn't resign the a.n.c. would then have to look at his options as to how to get jacob zuma out of office one of the options would then be a motion of no confidence in parliament another option would be impeachments now opposition parties have a motion of no confidence scheduled for next week they want those brought forward in fact they want to go as far as dissolving parliament they've written to the speaker of parliament to start these proceedings but they're waiting to begin talks around that so they continues to be a lot of uncertainty but certainly a lot of moves around pushing jacob zuma out of office and the a.n.c. and specifically jacob zuma really are in a difficult position you're absolutely fine with a lot of developments too and we will of course go back to. when there are any more but for now she is joining us live from pretoria thank you. let's move on to other news now kuwait says it will lend one billion dollars to iraq and has committed another billion as an investment that happened at the co

you know there were times listening to jacob zuma the evening and trying to sort of. unite what he said with what he said earlier in the afternoon when he spoke about not understanding why the a.n.c. had a wanted to recall him and then being quite defiant that this wouldn't be the case and i think we're continuing to see that sort of tone from the president even when speaking about his imperfections he has said that he's not perfect of but no one is so there isn't this a sara lee and acknowledgement of of why he's been criticized what do these allegations of corruption against him could mean why this is so serious and why the african national congress finds itself in the position that it does he you know he has also spoken about his relationship with the a.n.c. a party that is the loyal to that he served from a young age and that it is a position that he's been grateful to be into service south africans the a.n.c. is very much wanted a dignified exit for jacob zuma but we've seen him resist the so call for him to step down and we know that if he doesn't he'll he'll be

south africa's ruling party says little more than no confidence motion against president jacob zuma if he doesn't resign by thursday. and welcome to al-jazeera life or my headquarters in doha with me elizabeth purana also ahead rebuilding of iraq kuwait pledges two billion dollars to help the country become a from years of conflict. police recommend the israeli prime minister's a document on corruption charges but benjamin netanyahu says nothing will come of it plus. a mentor thomas in sydney well autistic responded to the incidents recorded at australia's offshore refugee person. trouble is mounting for south african president jacob zuma who's facing pressure to resign after a corruption probe the ruling african national congress says it will move a no confidence motion against zuma if he doesn't step down by thursday meanwhile police have raided the home of the prominent business family with close ties to the president and arrested three people they sailed off the roads around the globe. the family home and to harrisburg with the area designated a crime scene. is accused of being inf

try to get zuma charges brought against zuma to get debates held and that each stage the a.n.c. had blocked those so he's really facing a very significant problem in trying to hold together the opposition and also the a.n.c. it's well because the n c has been badly fractured by the allegations that have surrounded the zuma administration we have to point out that the pressure that the a.n.c. was putting on jacob zuma to resign was not because they say they believe that he is guilty of those allegations they simply say that the allegations have been some become so great that they were affecting the party's. potential when it comes to the general election which is going to be held in twenty nineteen and they want to get all of that out of the way so that they could prepare well in advance to get back on track for those election. in the twenty nineteen other questions already being asked about is actually over promising is there a suggestion that he is very open to having talks with the opposition parties but they are going to demand something in return and what is it that he can a

the state of use life from high drama in south africa president zuma defies an order by his party to resign he says he's being victimized the a.n.c. he says he was go by the end of the day or they will take it to parliament also on the program. german journalist and then issue joe has been held at a turkish prison for a year and still has not been charged is detention relations between brothers but now there may be a new hope for his release. until girl welcome to the program south africa's president is refusing to resign despite an ultimatum from his party that he leave today or face a vote of no confidence speaking on state television jacob zuma described the a and sees moves against him as unfair and said their arguments are wrong some of the leaders is they have been talking in the media and they repeated in that community that. we don't need to think out of power and that's the look at it is because there are no two thousand. and i have to the congress too to remember that when we used that phrase it was during the time we were coming to put one in national conference of the a.n

party has been trying to convince zuma to step down and what options does the party have if zuma insists on finishing his term and that term comes to an end next april and. can't carry out the rest of his term he does not have to abide by the asking him to step down then the party would be forced to take it to parliament essentially m.p.'s would be instructed to table a motion of no confidence against president jacob zuma does have the numbers in parliament and the opposition is likely to back such a motion so opposed to has always said he said it again two weeks ago in doubles that he does not want to come down to that he doesn't want to humiliate zuma in this way this is why we saw at the beginning of this week the top brass of the a.n.c. six people went to his house essentially asking him to resign they walked out of there in the reports were that he had refused saying that constitutes. he could stay. has always maintained i don't want to get to that end. to the message yesterday that they once again net it's consistent with the way he wants us to go to volunteer who are entirely resi

met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a.n.c. and according to the state broadcaster that was jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the

i do not see president jacob zuma as the transition. i do not see presidentjacob zuma as a person. he isa presidentjacob zuma as a person. he is a representation of the system and the system will take awhile to disentangle. i‘m talking a system of a system where government at times when road, defying common sense on many issues. the anc to be able to go back to the normal party, maybe the normal party that we have seen under mbeki, it would take a great deal. it has actually demonstrated that it deal. it has actually demonstrated thatitis deal. it has actually demonstrated that it is going to be very difficult. mr ramaphosa is inheriting a party that is very much divided and people will be looking up divided and people will be looking up to him to bring some essence of unity within the anc and begin to deal with some of the national issues. those national issues include very high unemployment rates, an economy that has slumped over the presidency jacob zuma. what does he have to do first, you think? i think the first thing that south africa has been experiencing is the crisis of

met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a.n.c. and ok. forty two the state broadcaster that was jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the n.c. has been meeting throughout the day in fact. returned to the ne see so it would appear that the conversation they're having isn't entirely over yet went jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant he's resisting this resignation he doesn't want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a.n.c. would then have to institute proceedings for a motion of no confidence to be debated in the parliament now the opposition parties in south africa have done exactly they're expected to debate a motion of no confidence next week they wanted put forward by parliament if the speaker of parliament doesn't agree to the demands by the opposition they say they're going to court ultimately jacob zuma is under fire from all sides what most a tremendous will to him is the position th

you know age you know early in the day there were reports that jacob zuma would be given forty eight hours to resign and now that the n.c. has come out with the official word on the way forward they continues to be that confusion around exactly what will happen because there's no deadline around when jacob zuma has to resign south africans are uncertain we do know that jacob zuma is expected to respond to what the a.n.c. has said that they're recalling the president as a deploy of the a.n.c. they recall him from this position as president he is due to respond on wednesday we don't know if will address the nation if this will be an internal process we do know that previously jacob zuma had asked for about three to six months to stay in office for this transition to take place over that amount of time the a.n.c. it seems is unwilling to do that but at the same time the air in c. the doesn't appear to know exactly when the president should step down this is what the secretary general is to say earlier. that this is the season of years where you can speak. to the sport. we have. two trut

president zuma himself. pursuing corruption charges against president zuma himselfli pursuing corruption charges against president zuma himself. i think these are important moments in south african politics. in all likelihood we will see arrests and big people being caught up in this because we are seeing that the wheel is turning and momentum is developing and i don't think that there is any turning back. fonau, jacob zuma is clinging to hisjob, but his allies are discerning —— deserting him and to night party leaders are meeting to night party leaders are meeting to discuss his removal. in places like zimbabwe and tenure we have seen this sort of situation turn ugly and dangerous —— and kenya. but south africa is a robust democracy and whether he is pushed orjumps, president zuma will soon be out of power and, most likely, in president zuma will soon be out of powerand, most likely, in court president zuma will soon be out of power and, most likely, in court on corruption charges. it is a moment of

president zuma in south africa. i wish to thank members of cabinet, deputy ministers, and the whole of government. national, provincial, and local. for the positive spirit and local. for the positive spirit and cooperative manner in which we all worked. i also thank the other arms of state. for the work we have accomplished. i thank all political parties who are in parliament for their contributions making our democracy strong. i thank all stakeholders, business, labour, religious leaders, traditional leaders, youth, women's groups, the education sector. and all others we have worked with over the years. united by the core of moving south africa forward. i think the international community —— thank the international community —— thank the international community —— thank the international community for the corporation in the work we've been doing together. i've also been disturbed by the instances of violence that have occurred because of the different views among members of the different views among mem

jacob zuma has resignof as presidenouth africa. he made the announcement in a televised address, bringing an end to h turbulent nine years in power. mr. zuma, who faced charges of corruption, said he disagreed with the way the ruling party demanded his resignation. he will be formally succeeded by cyril ramaphosa tomorrow. our africa editor fergal keane has the latest. fergal: ment of decision came late when the former guerrilla fighter realized he could not win. president jacob zuma address the south afrin nation and faced reality. i was yards from him when he said the decisive words. mr. zuma: the anc should never be dived in my name. i have therefore come to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immedia effect. fergal: and with that statement, jacob zuma brought to an end the most controversial period in the district was apartheid south africa. history happen in a late-night whiement, after days in it seemed he might still fight on. in pretoria, seat of the presidency, rumors of an imminent resignation have ri

zuma has to leave office. the ruling anc party will formally asked jacob zuma to stand down after he refused to resign. scheduledjudge has arrest warrants for wikileaks founder julian assange, who spent more than five years in the ecuador embassy to avoid detention. of a preliminary hearing on palestinian girl who kicked theeli soldiers is over in west bank. how long electrical goods will last -- a move to cut down on waste. all that and more in our business update. thousands of performers have been parading in rio de janeiro for carnival. not everyone is happy about the event. the mayor wants to slash funding. all of that coming up from our correspondents. but first, our top story. in south africa, according to media reports, the rulining anc party is to formally ask president jacob zuma to stand down after he refused to resign. the reported move comes after lengthy talks with the powerful national executive committee, amid undramatic power struggle. five days of discussions between president zuma and deputy

of embattled president jacob zuma. after attending a church service a day ahead of the meeting rama poso spoke of transition but avoided questions about seumas fate. so it's a commitment people. like thank you very much for taking the time to get. this . money to still. think it's around one hundred fifty never but zoomers nine year presidency has been beset by allegations of graft and economic mismanagement zuma denies wrongdoing that he's been involved in scandals including multimillion dollar upgrades to his private home using state funds a day ahead of monday's crunch decision rahm opposer recognize that people are frustrated at the uncertainty over the transition of power. over you as you do one crucial we're already in knowing still camping out. what is in their interest or the info i have all week or to new york ny. but uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. party is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. who needs universal unity is better me ok more we're joined now by did ever use southern africa

jacob zuma around this ex a deal that you've mentioned around looking at a way to get jacob zuma out but it appears those talks might have broken down because of demands made by zuma including. protection from prosecution if you were to go to court around corruption allegations he would then receive state funding to assist him with the legal fees also making demands for security force family and possibly even a longer time in office up to three months now we understand that those talks did break down now any c. meeting takes place and this is the opportunity for the african national congress to recall jacob zuma that's how they would remove him from office but even then what's important to note is that zuma doesn't have to resign constitutionally he doesn't have to step down from office and if that's the case the a.n.c. would then have to approach call them it to institute its own proceedings for a motion of no confidence now we know opposition parties had already spoken to parliament to have a similar ocean debated in the coming weeks that's due to happen on the twenty second of feb

to pray for president jacob zuma about. this issue. and deferred but we could in a short short period of time frames sort of this myth has been he did his all for the atmosphere to see him to bed from that didn't get into the president. was once more believing this time just too short. and therefore. in his redundancy decided as follows one. protocol is deploy your competence of what you know what it is we've ruled tool. or who are trying to point to when to run one. of the a.n.c. constitution. we are called it and it is that was voted into because it. is deployed. then it should be continuing we are going to go to sort out there should be contrary interaction between officials of the agency and president jacob zuma. and that decision by the end his need. to recall of his deployed years was. only taken up that exhaustive discussions. and decisions of that is it provided we believe he said to them to to the people of south africa got it dead tired when they cannot meet a social challenges facing their come to require a gentle and result

let us leave it up to jacob zuma. zuma saying he will go when he is good and ready. what happens now? ellis: he actually said earlier he was ready to go only in three to six months. the party said they did not want that. they wanted him to go. he refuses to go, then the only option is to impeach him or to vote for a motion of no-confidence in parliament. the only way is a parliamentary process. if that happens, that can be more humiliating for the anc and president zuma. there's already a motion of no-confidence on the table, table by the opposition and they want to keep control over the process. they want to keep it in their own hands. they are still hopeful that maybe tomorrow, zuma will say i am loyal to my party and i will listen to them. sarah: in t if we look at the backgroundhe meantime, -- in the meantime, if we look at the background, jacob zuma was replaced in 2005 when he was implemented in a corruption scandal. he has been docked by scandal ever since the party -- dogged by scandal ever since but the party stuck by him until now. walk us through what has

reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down president zuma could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. double correspondent christine can tell us more christine what are we expecting is that so they're meeting now what are we expecting to in about three hours now and what are we expecting to come out of today's music we will know today if president jacob zuma is going to be pushed out of office or if he's going to jump essentially . has been holding talks and negotiating with jacob zuma and we will know today if those talks have yielded fruit if the two gentlemen have managed to reach an agreement although if president jacob zuma has resisted all pressure to to step down and resign voluntarily and that then means the party is forced to take this to parliament because that is the only place that a party can impeach a sitting president and when they get to parliament they have two options they can two routes that they can take they can either table emotional confidence or they can go the route of impeaching the president

so deal with matters properly is what zuma is saying but that's what the a.n.c. has been trying to do all along isn't essentially what he is alluding to here is he says at some point in the negotiations of his departure he agreed with a.n.c. presence around opposed to a delayed resignation he said that he would if for instance introduce sorum of course that to the brics summit introduce him to the african union summit for example he said that they had agreed that they would share the presidential duties such a share in a show of unity so that people could see that the a.n.c. was a united party and that of course people abroad would get the understanding that the agency is a united organization we understand that several was on board according to what zuma says with that until it was taken to the party structures the national executive committee who essentially said we don't agree with that sold them back the message to president zuma to say unfortunately the party has disagreed with that so does that kind of indicate that there are divisions within the a.n.c. par

south africa is awaiting a changing of the god after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency zuma was told to step down by the governing a.n.c. party his nine year term has been plagued by numerous corruption scandals the stage is now set for the a.n.c. leaders. to become the country's next president he'll face an election next year but in the meantime he'll be dealing with many challenges including high unemployment and crying for me to miller reports now from johannesburg. a reluctant announcement from an in vattel to president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of my of the leadership of my of going to zation i have always been a disciplined member of the. it came just hours before parliament was due to vote in a motion of no confidence against jacob zuma president's hand may have been forced but zuma says his party did not give reasons why he should resign that's despite being in broiled in scandal after scandal throughout his presidency including accusations of corruption an

president jacob zuma says that he's been victimized by the a.n.c. and its decision to recall him from office now earlier zuma spoke to the state broadcaster the first time we've heard from him since calls for him to step down intensified in recent weeks zuma says the demand for him to step down is unfair and hasn't followed normal party policy coming just two months after the party's elective conference when cyril ramaphosa was elected president of the party now it was him also use this interview today it seems to talk to the a.n.c. saying that if the citizen to fire him essentially is one that would plunge the party into crisis and would be one the party regrets the a.n.c. says if zuma doesn't resign by this evening it will press on with a motion of no confidence in parliament on thursday and this is how it will get zuma out of office allowing the national assembly to elect a poster as south africa's new leader and as soon as under a lot of pressure that says the whole of his associates the gupta family was raided and three people arrested the good