Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on prosecutors to act urgently in pursuit of a firm owned by friends of scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma, as pressure mounted on him to step down. Ramaphosa succeeded Zuma as head of the African National Congress last month, making him likely to replace Zuma as the country’s next president in 2019 – or even earlier, if Zuma resigns.
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