"Following robust, honest, candid and at times difficult discussions, the (ANC executive committee) did not support the call for the president to step down," Gwede Mantashe,
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S.Africa's ANC ruling party rejected calls for Zuma to resign: official
South Africa's ruling ANC party backed scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma to stay in office after a "robust" debate over whether he should resign, a party official said Tuesday.