The ANC’s top six leaders are to hold an urgent meeting at the party’s Johannesburg headquarters‚ Luthuli House‚ on Thursday afternoon to discuss the outcomes and implications of the constitutional court judgment on Nkandla earlier in the day.

The judgment delivered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng directly implicates two of the six ANC national leaders.

 Mogoeng ruled that President Jacob Zuma and Parliament‚ under the helm of Speaker Baleka Mbete‚ had violated the constitution.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe confirmed that the top six would meet and decide what would happen next.

The ANC’s top six include Zuma‚ deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa‚ Mbete‚ Mantashe‚ deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte and treasury general Zweli Mkhize.

 The ANC is not saying much‚ save for the fact that they are still studying the judgment.

 “The ANC once again reaffirms our full confidence in the judiciary and the upholding rule of law in South Africa. Given the serious nature of the judgment delivered‚ the African National Congress will study it in detail and comment further in due course‚” the party said in a statement.

 ANC alliance partners the SACP and Cosatu‚ the government and the presidency all took the same line‚ saying they had noted the judgment and would comment at a later stage.

 While the ANC top six is expected to come up with how the party deals with he judgment‚ it cannot make decisions without the ratification of its highest decision making body besides its national conference‚ the national executive committee.

 Mantashe did not rule out the possibility of the ANC top six calling a special NEC meeting to consider the Nkandla judgment.

 At the last NEC meeting‚ the ANC’s top leaders affirmed their support for Zuma and dismissed the possibility of a recall.