JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Embattled South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that he is prepared and ready to become an ordinary member of the ruling party of the African National Congress.

    Zuma made the statement while delivering an emotional address to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) shopstewards council in Durban.

    "I have served as a branch member with no position (as an) ordinary activist and I have served with some responsibilities in a branch and I have served at many levels. I will always be ready to do that, even today."

    "The day the ANC says do this I will do it," Zuma said reaffirming his commitment to the ANC.

    This followed calls for his resignation from various quarters in the wake of the fraud and corruption trial of Shabir Shaik, his financial advisor.

    Zuma was implicated in the trial in which Shaik was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

    Zuma said he was ready to take orders from the ANC and its alliance partners, but would not be dictated to by the media.

    According to local television SABC, Zuma added that he was aware that there was an orchestrated political campaign against him.

    However, he did not elaborate, saying he would do so when the time was right. Enditem