Reports available to vigil 360 indicate that South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has survived a vote of no confidence - despite the ballot being held in secret at the Parliament. As head of the party that led South Africa out of apartheid, Zuma won the presidential election in 2009 and 2014, but has faced a number of no confidence votes in the past and has been dogged by criminal investigations and corruption allegations.
However, when today’s motion was called amid repeated allegations of corruption, it was defeated by 198 votes to 177. This news was greeted with cheers and singing by ANC MPs.
The opposition had hoped ANC MPs might vote against their leader if the ballot was secret.
In order for the no-confidence motion to pass, at least 50 out of the ANC's 249 MPs would have had to vote against the president.
