South African parliament votes not to impeach Zuma

The South African Parliament has voted against a motion to impeach President Zuma.

The vote was launched after South Africa's highest court said last week that Mr Zuma had breached the constitution by failing to repay public money used to upgrade his private home.

Impeachment is a process which can remove an official accused of unlawful activity from office and can see criminal or civil punishment.

The opposition leader Mmusi Maimane said Mr Zuma was a "crooked" president who was unfit to govern.

But Mr Zuma survived the vote and had the support of the African National Congress (ANC), which controls almost two-thirds of the assembly.