South Africa's ANC debating Zuma's exit, no date agreed

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma gestures during the last day of the six-day meeting of the African National Congress 5th National Policy Conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto, South Africa, July 5, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling party discussed this week removing President Jacob Zuma as head of state but no decision or date for his departure was agreed, Secretary General Ace Magashule said on Monday.

There has been widespread speculation in local media that the African National Congress' (ANC) 80-member Executive Committee passed a resolution this week calling for the removal of Zuma as South African president.