Zuma spokesman dismisses reports South African deputy president may be sacked

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma attends a SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Pretoria, South Africa, August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma's spokesman said on Friday there was no basis for reports that the country's leader would axe his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa, speculation about which has weighed on the currency and bonds.

"It's rumours and gossip and we don't comment on them at all," Zuma's spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga told Reuters.