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South Africa's Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote

South African President Jacob Zuma survived a vote of no confidence in parliament Tuesday after being reviled by opposition parties as a thief who was destroying Nelson Mandela's legacy.

In a rambunctious session the parliamentary leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, Mmusi Maimane, was forced to withdraw his description of Zuma as a "thief" after it was ruled to be unparliamentary language.

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