Customers watch a telecast in a bar in Randburg, Johannesburg, on February 14, 2018, as South African president Jacob Zuma makes a live address to the nation on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) network from The Union Buildings in Pretoria. South African President Jacob Zuma announced his immediate resignation in a television address to the nation on February 14, 2018, after the ruling ANC party threatened to eject him from office via a parliamentary vote of no confidence. Pic/AFP

The South African police on Wednesday raided the house of an influential business family suspected of using its ties to President Jacob Zuma to influence Cabinet appointments and land state contracts. According to media reports, the Hawks entered the Gupta compound in Saxondale, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. The police described the area as a "crime scene".