The Morning Call
President Jacob Zuma is to remain in office after narrowly surviving the eighth motion of no confidence in his leadership on Tuesday night.
The motion was defeated after 198 MPs voted against it, while 177 voted for Zuma to go. Nine abstained.
We spoke with Prof Somadoda Fikeni, a political analyst, from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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