The South African parliament on Tuesday voted against an impeachment of President Jacob Zuma following his implication in a corruption scandal, according to dpa. A total of 233 legislators voted against the motion to impeach Zuma, with 143 in favour and no abstentions, in the parliamentary session televised live by the broadcaster eNCA. The Constitutional Court said last week Zuma had violated the constitution when not obeying a recommendation from the public protector to repay part of a sum of about 15 million dollars to upgrade his rural homestead in the town of Nkandla. Zuma then apologized to the nation for the way he had used taxpayers' money for the restoration of his country home, but denied any conscious wrongdoing. The ANC-dominated parliament rejected impeachment proceedings, which had been launched by the main opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday.
