South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has unleashed an extraordinary attack on his successor.

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has unleashed an extraordinary attack on his successor.

In a leaked letter, Mr Zuma said President Cyril Ramaphosa had betrayed the governing ANC and was working in the service of white businesses.

Mr Zuma accused his successor of desecrating the graves of "young men and women who lived and died cruel deaths in the hands of apartheid security forces and mercenaries".

He said Mr Ramaphosa was betraying the ANC, to save his own skin.