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South Africa’s president in waiting talks tough on graft
![The funeral of one of South Africa's leading anti-apartheid activists on Wednesday exposed the angry divide over the fate of a country he fought decades to see exist. President Jacob Zuma said he wouldn't attend after Ahmed Kathrada's family asked him to stay away, while funeral-goers rose in a standing ovation for Kathrada's recent call for the scandal-ridden Zuma to step aside. (Photo by World Economic Forum [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)])](https://canadianinquirer.net/v1/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Jacob_G._Zuma_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_Davos_2010.jpg)
FILE: President Jacob Zuma (Photo by World Economic Forum [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)])
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa made the remark on Tuesday as Zuma returned from an African Union summit in Ethiopia, where he made his own comments about corruption in Africa. Zuma acknowledged a problem but called it “quite exaggerated” at times and said entities outside the continent encourage African corruption for their own benefit.
Some members of the ruling African National Congress party are pushing for Zuma’s early exit and say he shouldn’t deliver the state of the nation address when parliament opens in Cape Town on Feb. 8. If Zuma speaks as scheduled, his speech likely would be met with protests.
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