DEFIANT PRESIDENT COULD BE REPLACED BY THURSDAY

South Africa’s ruling party moved to replace the defiant President Jacob Zuma as early as Thursday while police raided his business associates at the center of corruption scandals that have infuriated the country. Zuma, breaking his silence, told the state broadcaster that his treatment was “unfair.” African National Congress leaders said they want parliament to vote on a motion of no confidence against Zuma on Thursday and replace him right away with Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa if the president refuses Wednesday to step aside. Meanwhile, Zuma appeared in a live TV interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation and insisted that party leaders had not told him why he needed to resign.