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  •  Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas walks among the crowd. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    Jonas: We must hold govt accountable regardless of Zuma motion results

    Mcebisi Jonas addressed a crowd of Capetonians participating in a march calling for President Jacob Zuma to be removed.

    1755 days ago
  • aders of various opposition parties hold a briefing outside Parliament on the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, which Baleka Mbete has decided will be held by secret ballot. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/EWN.

    Opposition parties rejoice as Mbete gives secret ballot thumbs up

    Baleka Mbete has decided to allow Members of Parliament to cast a secret ballot in a motion of no confidence against Jacob Zuma.

    1755 days ago
  • FILE: Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete. Picture: GCIS.

    The secret is out

    Mbete's announcement comes as Parliament braces for Tuesday's opposition-led Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma.

    1755 days ago
  • Amakhosi and religious leaders will be praying for SA and President Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN.

    Traditional, religious leaders pray for SA ahead of motion of no confidence

    The religious and traditional leaders say this is not about protecting an individual, but protecting the office of the President and the millions of South Africans.

    1755 days ago
  • FILE: 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

    [OPINION] SA better off if Zuma vote proves to be a damp squib

    What South Africa's opposition parties want Parliament and the courts to do would damage the country's democracy.

    1755 days ago
  • Amakhosi and religious leaders will be praying for SA and President Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall. Picture: Ziyanda Ngcobo/EWN

    Interfaith council condemns anti-Zuma marches as coup

    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.

    1755 days ago
  • Organisers of the #UniteBehind coalition march. Picture: @UniteBehind/Twitter

    Organisers: #UniteBehind coalition march ready to go

    Monday will see the first of three protests in Cape Town in the run-up to the motion of no confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma.

    1755 days ago
  • FILE: Security officials remove EFF members from the National Assembly after they disrupted President Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address. Picture: AFP

    Parly: No extraordinary security measures planned for Zuma debate

    Parliament's Moloto Mothapo says it is regrettable that Parliament was not given an opportunity to provide clarity on these security claims.

    1755 days ago
  • FILE: UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Holomisa: ANC MPs must think of South Africans when they vote

    African National Congress MPs have been urged to look at the energy of the country when deciding on how to vote, whether by way of a secret ballot or not.

    1755 days ago
  • FILE: ANC President Jacob Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa sing during the opening of the final plenary on 5 July 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    MKMVA: ANC leaders must make sure party MPs toe the line

    MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus says none of the proposed disciplinary measures should be construed as intimidation.

    1756 days ago
  • Anti-President Jacob Zuma marchers arriving at the Union Buildings. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    SA braces for Zuma marches ahead of no confidence vote

    More than 20 civil rights and faith based organisations are taking part in a march this afternoon in Cape Town.

    1756 days ago
  • Unite Behind March to take place on 7 August 2017. Picture : Twitter @UniteBehind

    #UniteBehind: Organisers expect good turnout at CT march

    The march, which will take place ahead of a vote of confidence against President Zuma, will start in Keizergracht Street at 3pm and then proceed to Parliament.

    1756 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma in Algeria. Picture: GCIS.

    SACP: Jacob Zuma must resign, failing which ANC must recall him

    The party says there is no way it could support President Zuma and reiterates its call for him to resign or be recalled by the African National Congress.

    1756 days ago
  • Pres Jacob Zuma makes his address at the final plenary on 5 July 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ANC’s communist allies to support Zuma government in vote

    Jacob Zuma faces the no confidence motion on 8 August, the ninth time the opposition will have tried to unseat him by peeling off dissidents from the ruling party.

    1757 days ago
  • ANC Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu at The Gathering: Media Edition at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 3 August 2017. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN.

    Mthembu: No ANC MP should join DA in motion vote, it’s unthinkable

    Jackson Mthembu says it’s unthinkable for ANC members who are deployed by their party to support a DA-sponsored motion to get rid of the president.

    1758 days ago
  • Former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at The Gathering: Media Edition in Cape Town on 3 August 2017. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Jonas to address anti-Zuma group ahead of no confidence motion debate

    A coalition of civil rights organisations, under the banner Unite Behind, will march on Parliament on Monday in the run up to the motion of confidence vote.

    1758 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma on the final day of the ANC national policy conference on 5 July 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Hanekom: Many ANC MPs worried about party leadership

    Former Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom says ANC members who support the no confidence motion against President Zuma believe the party needs rescuing.

    1758 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma in the National Assembly on 1 June 2017. Picture: GCIS

    Opposition parties discussing SA’s future without Zuma

    Mmusi Maimane says opposition parties have been meeting to find a way to co-operate with each other should the motion of no confidence against President Zuma succeed.

    1759 days ago
  • FILE: Baleka Mbete and Dali Tambo chat at Nasrec during the ANC National Policy Conference. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Mbete to ‘do the right thing’ over secret ballot

    President Jacob Zuma has survived eight previous motions of no confidence since taking office in 2009.

    1759 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Green light for protests in CT ahead of Zuma no confidence vote

    The City of Cape Town council has given the green light for three protest marches, one on Monday and two on Tuesday.

    1760 days ago
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