Plot to kill Zuma

South African President Jacob Zuma has revealed there was a plot to have him assassinated when he was Deputy President, a report has said.

But, according to The Witness newspaper, Zuma said the plot was thwarted due to the loyalty of his bodyguards who refused to be coerced into the deed.

The Witness reported that Zuma had spoken of the assassination plot on Saturday at the funeral of Patrick Maphumulo, whom he said was one of those bodyguards who refused to be drawn into the plan.

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