(Bloomberg) -- South Africa's parliament agreed to delay President Jacob Zuma's state-of-the-nation speech scheduled for Thursday with the ruling party to debate whether to push him to step down.
The annual speech will probably happen in the next week, National Council of Provinces Chairwoman Thandi Modise told reporters in Cape Town. The postponement was due to concerns about protests within the chamber after opposition parties warned against allowing Zuma to address lawmakers.
The African National Congress's top decision-making committee will meet Wednesday to discuss a proposal to remove Zuma as head of state, six weeks after Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as leader of the party. Zuma, 75, took power in May 2009 and has clung to office through a series of scandals and numerous attempts by the opposition to force him to step down.
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