The African National Congress (ANC), ruling in South Africa, gave President Jacob Zuma two days to resign, otherwise he will be dismissed, BBC reports..

The decision of the party, citing sources, was reported by the South African media and Reuters. Officially, the party did not report it.

If Zuma does not leave himself, a vote of no confidence will be held, after which the 75-year-old president will lose his post.

With regard to this decision, the party's executive committee conferred from Monday to Tuesday morning.

The meeting was headed by Cyril Ramafosa, vice-president and leader of the party since December 2017.

It is reported that Ramaphos himself went to the presidential residence to tell him about the decision of the party.

While it is not clear what the president's reaction was. The official request to leave office will be sent to him during Tuesday.

The second presidential term of Zuma expires in May 2019.

Recently, the opposition presses on the ruling party because of the scandal surrounding the waste of state property. President since 2014 is accused of corruption, he consistently denies his guilt.

The point is that the head of state did not return part of the funds used to repair his private house - in frequency, for the construction of a swimming pool and an amphitheater.

Zuma spent over $ 20 million on repairs.

In 2016, the country's Supreme Court ruled that Zuma had violated the constitution because of a refusal to pay part of the budget money spent on reconstruction.

Later that year, the Constitutional Court ordered him to pay 7.8 million rand (about $ 543,000) to the treasury,. Formally, Zuma did not refuse to pay, but it is not known how much he paid to date and paid in general.

Last year, the Supreme Court of Appeals decided to reopen nearly 800 cases on Zuma's charge of bribery, fraud, extortion and money laundering in the 1990s for $ 2 billion in arms transfers. The charges were dropped from him in 2009.

In addition, recently public defenders accused him of corrupt ties with the influential family of Gupta from India who could interfere in the administration of South Africa.

From the published electronic correspondence, the public opinion concluded that Gupta made contracts with the government that were advantageous for his companies. Both Zuma and Gupta deny these accusations.

Zuma may not agree with the opinion of the party and remain in his post - from a legal point of view, he does not have to resign, although then he will lose the party's trust.

In this case, a vote of no confidence will be held.

His date is already known - February 22.

Such meetings concerning Zuma have already happened, but they did not bring to resignation. This time it is expected that the president will still leave - a vote of no confidence is considered a very shameful process for him and the party.

The inevitable resignation of President Zuma in the country is called "zeksit" by analogy with "brexite" in Britain.

Previous leader of South Africa Thabo Mbeki resigned from office in 2008.