South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his fate is in his party’s hands, in his first comments since an official report on a scandal over money stolen from his farm.
Opponents have called for his resignation after a panel of legal experts concluded he may have broken the law.
On Saturday, Ramaphosa’s spokesman said he would fight on.
The president has now said the party top brass should decide his next move.
The leaders of the governing Africa National Congress (ANC) are currently meeting in Johannesburg to discuss the findings of the report.
Speaking outside the venue for the meeting, the president said that his fellow members of the National Working Committee had given him permission not to attend “so that they’re free to express themselves as openly and as thoroughly as possible without any form of fear or favour”.
Today, the ANC’s larger decision-making body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), will also be meeting.
