SOUTH AFRICANS CALL FOR JACOB ZUMA TO STEP DOWN DEC 23 2013

South Africans have made vociferous calls for President Jacob Zuma of South Africa to step down from office following a report that he was not fully aware of the more than 200-million upgrades at his rural homestead of Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal. Zuma, who has been embroiled in allegations of corruption ever since he ousted former President Thabo Mbeki as leader of the ruling ANC and as president of the country in 2008, is once again in the middle of another corruption scandal. Despite a report by security cluster Ministers that he was not fully aware of the millions of rand upgrades at his rural Nkandla homestead – South Africans say Zuma was a liability and that he should vacate his office immediately. They say that there’s no way that Zuma would not have been aware that the upgrades had taken place at the cost of taxpapers’ money. The report by the security cluster ministers preceded a report by the Public Protector – Thuli Madonsela – that will be released in a few weeks time in the New Year. Subry Govender reports: