Religious leaders to meet ANC top six over leadership crisis

SOUTH AFRICA Religious leaders to meet ANC top six over leadership crisis The council of churches will meet the ANC top six to discuss the country's leadership at Luthuli House on Thursday. JOHANNESBURG -- Luthuli House will on Thursday accommodate a team of religious leaders from the National Religious Leaders Council and the South African Council of Churches. On the agenda between the councils and the governing party's top six, will be President Jacob Zuma's leadership and the "crisis" the country is faced with.  The church leaders requested the meeting after releasing a statement earlier this week, saying President Zuma had lost all morality to govern. They are expected to request party leaders to take decisive action against Zuma. READ: Calls for Zuma to resign growing louder The church leaders say the president's apology following last week’s Constitutional Court's Nkandla judgement is simply not enough and believes the events have laid bare the leadership crisis the country faces. President Zuma was last week was found to have violated the Constitution by refusing to pay back a percentage of the money spent to ugrade his Nkandla homestead, after findings by the Public Protector calling on him to do so. He apologised the next day, blaming his mistake on bad legal advice. Opposition parties, ANC veterans and many citizens have since been up in arms, calling for Zuma to be removed from office. A bid to do so via impeachment failed in Parliament on Tuesday evening, with ANC MPs voting to keep the President.  They have also refused to issue an apology to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.