South Africa’s Christian leaders call for president’s resignation

April 12, 2016

The South African Council of Churches, an ecumenical body whose members include the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has called on the nation’s president to resign.

The call for President Jacob Zuma’s resignation follows a ruling by the nation’s Constitutional Court that Zuma illegally spent state funds on the renovation of Nkandla, his private homestead.

 

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Further information:

• Please resign, church leaders ask Zuma (News24)
• South African religious leaders say Zuma should resign (AP)