President awaits party decision on his fate

JOHANNESBURG >> South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looked relaxed and shared a joke with journalists as he made a brief appearance Sunday at a meeting of the African National Congress party’s national working committee, which is discussing his political fate.

Ramaphosa’s future hangs in the balance as he faces calls from the ANC and from opposition parties to step down from amid a scandal involving the president’s animal farm.

Ramaphosa was recused from Sunday’s meeting of the ruling ANC, which came days after an independent parliamentary panel issued a report that suggested he may have broken anti-corruption laws.