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Amakhosi and religious leaders will be praying for SA and President Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

Antizuma protests

Interfaith council condemns anti-Zuma marches as coup

By Ziyanda Ngcobo

Bishop Bheki Ngcobo has questioned why there is such a rush to remove President Zuma from office when his term is expected to end soon.

  • FILE: Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    'Protests show hidden strategy to delegitimise Zuma, ANC’

    The ANC in KZN says some of the demonstrations have been riding on populist rhetoric that seeks to question the Constitutional prerogative of President Zuma.

    1879 days ago
  • Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota smiles before he addresses the crowd at the Freedom Movement rally against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on 27 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Lekota: ANC should not celebrate Freedom Day

    Cope leader Mosioa Lekota says the ANC should first have internal introspection before celebrating Freedom Day.

    1892 days ago
  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane addresses supporters at the Freedom Movement rally against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on 27 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Maimane: ANC MPs should be guided by common sense

    DA leader Mmusi Maimane says those who have been speaking out within the ANC about President Zuma stepping down cannot allow themselves to be intimidated.

    1892 days ago
  • Posters seen on the ground in Pretoria where anti-Zuma demonstrators have gathered. Picture: Twitter/@Iavan13

    Madiba’s granddaughter Ndileka joins anti-Zuma rally in Pretoria

    Some opposition parties and other formations have come together under the banner of the Freedom Movement as part of efforts to pressure President Zuma into resigning.

    1892 days ago
  • Freedom Movement supporters at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria. Picture: Pelane Phakgadi/EWN

    Scores gather at Caledonian Stadium ahead of anti-Zuma march

    Opposition party leaders, including the Democratic Alliance (DA), Cope and the United Democratic Movement (UDM), are expected to address those that have gathered.

    1892 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter/@Our_DA.

    ‘Anti-Zuma marches are not in vain’

    The Freedom Movement says the marches and protests against President Jacob Zuma are not in vain and it will step up the pressure.

    1899 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: fedusa.org.za.

    Fedusa: ‘Radical economic transformation’ used as smokescreen

    The trade union says the term ‘radical economic transformation’ is being used as a smoke screen to misinform South Africans.

    1899 days ago
  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane addressed thousands of #DAMarch supporters who marched to Mary Fitzgerald square in Johannesburg against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma on 7 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Group announces plan for anti-Zuma protest on Freedom Day

    Another mass protest is being planned for the removal of President Jacob Zuma, this time at Freedom Park on Freedom Day.

    1899 days ago
  • Members of several opposition parties link arms as they walk across the lawns of the Union Buildings in Pretoria at the Day of Action march against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma on 12 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    DA dismisses claims Cope wasn’t consulted for anti-Zuma march

    DA's Solly Malatjie says although other opposition party leaders are not there their members have attended.

    1901 days ago
  • Protesters hold up a banner at the "Day of Action" march against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma held in Pretoria on 12 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Cope won’t participate in anti-Zuma march in Polokwane

    Opposition parties are continuing their anti-Zuma march momentum they started in Pretoria last week.

    1901 days ago
  • FILE: The ANC's top officials Jacob Zuma (right) and Cyril Ramaphosa (left). Picture: EWN.

    Zuma, Ramaphosa responses to recent marches raises questions

    Political analyst Somadoda Fikeni says these disagreements should be expected as the ANC gears up for an elective conference later this year.

    1901 days ago
  • Members of several opposition parties link arms as they walk across the lawns of the Union Buildings in Pretoria at the Day of Action march against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma on 12 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Opposition parties to continue anti-Zuma marches in Polokwane

    The DA’s Mabine Seabe says opposition parties will continue protesting throughout the country in an effort to put pressure on President Jacob Zuma to resign.

    1901 days ago
  • FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema watches on over the "Day of Action" march against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma held in Pretoria on 12 March 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Archbishop Ndungane ‘hopes’ Anti-Zuma marches gain momentum

    Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane says citizens shouldn’t lose hope because possibilities in the country still exist.

    1905 days ago
  • The men's pack running through Sun Valley during the 2016 Two Oceans Marathon. Picture: @Pink_Haasie  via Twitter

    Anti-Zuma armbands to be handed out to Two Oceans runners

    Civil society groups will hand out black armbands to Two Oceans Marathon athletes as part of ongoing calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

    1906 days ago
  • Protesters gather at Church Square in Pretoria ahead of a march to the Union Buildings to call for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN.

    Opposition urge South Africans to continue mobilising against Zuma

    EFF leader Julius Malema told the anti-Zuma demonstrators to take the fight home and to continue to mobilise in their communities against President Zuma.

    1906 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma rubs his hands together ahead of the swearing in ceremony of his new cabinet on 31 March 2017 in Pretoria. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    President Zuma unfazed by mass action against him

    President Jacob Zuma says he has no time to worry about the marches against him and how much people hate him.

    1906 days ago
  • FILE: Former African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Mathole Motshekga. Picture: Supplied.

    Motshekga: ANC NEC has a responsibility towards people of SA

    Former ANC Chief Whip Mathole Motshekga is calling for the party's NEC to meet urgently to address calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

    1906 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma speaking at his 75th birthday celebration in Kliptown, Soweto. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    Zuma: I will be ANC till I die

    President Jacob Zuma told his alliance partners that if they want him to leave office, he is willing to do so with a clean heart but says he will continue to be an ANC member until he dies.

    1906 days ago
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