Scandal-tainted South African President Jacob Zuma, who is under growing pressure to resign, held fruitful talks with his likely successor Cyril Ramaphosa. <br/><br/>The ruling ANC party said that the talks meant that a special party meeting scheduled for tomorrow that could have forced Zuma out of office has been postponed to next week, but it gave no details about any possible resignation deal.<br/><br/>The African National Congress, which has ruled since Nelson Mandela won the post-apartheid 1994 election, has been plunged into chaos over the transition of power from Zuma to his deputy Ramaphosa.<br/><br/>As president, Zuma had been due to deliver the State of the Nation address to parliament in Cape Town tomorrow a closely-watched event that shapes the political agenda for the coming year.<br/><br/>But, in an unprecedented move, the speech was also postponed today, heightening speculation that Zuma could finally yield to calls to step down.<br/><br/>Many ANC members are pushing for Cyril Ramaphosa, the new head of the party, to replace Zuma, 75, as president immediately.<br/><br/>But Zuma loyalists have said that the serving president should complete his second and final term in office, which would end when elections are held next year.<br/>