In response to the president’s State of the Nation Address, a member of Parliament questioned why most of South Africa’s informal economy is “in the hands of non-citizens”. Africa Check takes a closer look at this claim.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has vowed to fight for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s removal and has insisted that it wouldn't back down from a motion of no confidence against Ramaphosa, a matter which has landed in court.
The IFP’s Narend Singh said that while the president did not consult party leaders this time around, current statistics were alarming.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Thandi Modise, granted the African Transformation Movement’s request to postpone the motion of no confidence debate against President Cyril Ramaphosa to February 2021. This comes after the ATM brought an application to the Western Cape High Court to review Modise’s decision to have the vote on the motion by open ballot. ATM insists it should be a secret ballot
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) asked the speaker for a postponement on Thursday after going to court to fight for a secret ballot for a motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) went to court on Thursday morning to have the Speaker’s decision not to allow a secret ballot reviewed and set aside.
The vote was meant to be held in Parliament later on Thursday.
The Inkatha Freedom Party said it would vote against the motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa, while the African Christian Democratic Party said it would abstain. The United Democratic Movement has said it won’t take part in the vote unless there is a secret ballot.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) said that it had gone to court to compel National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise to allow a secret ballot for voting on Thursday’s no-confidence motion in President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The motion, the first to be faced by Ramaphosa since he came into power, has been brought by the African Transformation Movement (ATM).
The no-confidence motion is expected to be debated in the National Assembly on Thursday.
The highlight of the week - or the lowlight depending on your political inclination - will be President Cyril Ramaphosa facing his first-ever motion of no confidence on Thursday.
Ramaphosa will face the first motion of no confidence in his leadership in the National Assembly next Thursday.
The ATM, which has only two seats in the 400-member National Assembly believes the motion will succeed because South Africans have become fatigued by the president's inaction.
The motion was filed by the African Transformation Movement (ATM) earlier this year, before lockdown began.
The Public Works Minister is being investigated by the Public Protector's Office after it received a complaint from the African Transformation Movement, claiming proper procurement processes were not followed.
The African Transformation Movement has officially submitted its motion of no confidence in the president to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise, who said she was considering the matter.
President of the African Transformation Movement (ATM) Vuyo Zungula said the name was reminiscent of black people's oppression by the British and Afrikaners.
