(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
JOHANNESBURG Jumada II 11 1437 March 20 2016 SPA -- South Africa's ruling party has reaffirmed its confidence in President Jacob Zuma after a growing chorus of corruption allegations against the leader according to AP.
The senior leaders of the African National Congress said Sunday they were confident the party would win this year's local government elections because citizens too remained confident in the country's leadership.
The party's leadership committee was responding to allegations by officials that a wealthy politically-connected family had offered them Cabinet posts causing public outcry.
The African National Congress was founded in 1912 and has ruled since South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994 when it was led by late President Nelson Mandela. Zuma now in his second term as South Africa's president is also the leader of the ruling party.
--SPA
23:28 LOCAL TIME 20:28 GMT
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