The ANC's National Working Committee completed a meeting on
Jacob Zuma's corruption case by 7.15pm on
Monday.
ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus told Sapa a
statement on the matter would be issued on Tuesday.
Earlier, he said the party's top leadership would discuss the ANC president's
legal options after the recent Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the
National Director of Public Prosecutions.
"We are actually very open to say that it is on the agenda," said Niehaus.
He said the ANC was searching for a "legal solution" to the pending charges
against Zuma.
The SCA last week overturned a Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling that in effect
had halted Zuma's prosecution on charges of corruption, fraud, money laundering
and racketeering.
The charges against Zuma create a difficult situation for the ANC, which has
insisted he remain its presidential candidate ahead of general elections this
year.
Zuma, whose lawyers have met with the National Prosecution Authority since the
SCA ruling, had several legal options available, including an appeal to the
Constitutional Court and an application for a permanent stay of prosecution.
Zuma's legal woes
were not the only topic on the NWC's agenda.
Niehaus said the committee had also discussed weekend newspaper reports of
tensions between President Kgalema Motlanthe and some ANC leaders.
The Sunday Times reported that some senior ANC members were
unhappy with several
decisions Motlanthe had taken since succeeding Thabo Mbeki, who was ousted after
the Pietermaritzburg High Court implied that he was involved in a political plot
against Zuma.
The City Press reported that SACP secretary-general
Blade Nzimande was eyeing the position of deputy
president of the country after general elections. Up to
now, many believed Motlanthe had been earmarked for that job.
The City Press claimed several sources had confirmed there was a group within
the ANC opposed to Motlanthe becoming Zuma's deputy president.
"These are really just rumours, but we want to deal with it comprehensively, in
the sense of putting an end to it. We believe we need to talk with the authority
of the NWC," said Niehaus.