Thousands in South Africa tell Zuma to quit

Thousands of South Africans marched yesterday against corruption under president Jacob Zuma’s rule, in protests led by unions that have backed a rival to Mr Zuma’s faction as the next leader of the ANC. The Congress of South African Trade Unions called on its more than one million members to strike and join marches in major cities across South Africa. Although the demonstrations are officially against corruption broadly, much of the frustration is aimed at Mr Zuma. Throngs of protesters marched to parliament in Cape Town singing songs and waving placards emblazoned with “Zuma must go” and “corruption is a crime against humanity”.