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| South Africa's Zuma: I've done nothing wrong | South Africa's Zuma: I've done nothing wrong |
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| South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma says he has done nothing wrong - and sees no reason to stand down immediately. | South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma says he has done nothing wrong - and sees no reason to stand down immediately. |
| Mr Zuma spoke after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) announced it would back a vote of no confidence in his leadership on Thursday. | Mr Zuma spoke after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) announced it would back a vote of no confidence in his leadership on Thursday. |
| The 75-year-old has come under increasing pressure to resign amid numerous allegations of corruption. | The 75-year-old has come under increasing pressure to resign amid numerous allegations of corruption. |
| But he said the ANC had failed to explain why he had been recalled. | But he said the ANC had failed to explain why he had been recalled. |
| "It was very unfair to me that this issue is raised," he told the national broadcaster SABC during a lengthy unannounced interview. "They did not provide me with reasons." | "It was very unfair to me that this issue is raised," he told the national broadcaster SABC during a lengthy unannounced interview. "They did not provide me with reasons." |
| Mr Zuma said he had offered to go after June, but objected to the way the issue was currently being handled. | |
| He said he would make a further statement later on Wednesday. | |
| Earlier, ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu announced that a motion of no-confidence in the president would be heard on Thursday, with Cyril Ramaphosa - who was elected ANC president in December - sworn in as the nation's president as soon as possible after that. | |
| A meeting of the ANC's National Executive Committee had announced its decision to recall Mr Zuma on Tuesday and gave him until the end of Wednesday to resign. | |
| Meanwhile, South African police have ramped up their investigation into Mr Zuma's close associates, the wealthy, Indian-born Gupta family, conducting a raid and making several arrests early on Wednesday. | |
| The Guptas have been accused of using their close friendship with Mr Zuma to wield enormous political influence. Both parties deny all allegations of wrongdoing. |