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FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Supplied.

Zuma no confidence

EFF calls for secret ballot for Zuma no-confidence vote

By Eyewitness News

The no-confidence vote was scheduled for 22 February after National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete refused an attempt by the EFF to have the vote before the...

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    DA launches petition calling for ‘early emergency election’

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  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane.

    DA ‘ready’ to take on ANC at polls

    DA leaders say the ANC may have won in the motion vying for Zuma's removal, but they are certain the ruling party has lost the confidence of the country.

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  • FILE: Protesters hold up two signs during the anti-Zuma march that took place in Cape Town. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN.

    Opposition parties unite ahead of Zuma no confidence vote

    This public show of solidarity is all in a bid to achieve one goal: to get President Jacob Zuma out of office.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Supplied.

    Zuma to address ANC MPs ahead of no confidence vote

    President Jacob Zuma is expected to address ANC MPs who are holding their final caucus meeting ahead of the motion of no confidence against him.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    [OPINION] Zuma no confidence vote: The ANC is the loser, whatever happens

    Yet the reality is that the motion won’t succeed even though it’s common currency that Zuma is irredeemably corrupt and that he has sold his country out to the Gupta family.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: A placcard is held up by a member of the public at the Freedom Movement rally against the leadership of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on 27 April 2017. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    'We've been waiting for this day'

    Phumzile van Damme says the main opposition has been working hard to ensure the vote of no confidence in President Zuma goes its way.

    1751 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Moeketsi Moticoe/EWN

    Malema: No reason for MPs to hide behind intimidation claims

    EFF leader Julius Malema says the vote of no confidence in President Zuma is an opportunity for ANC MPs to take a stand against corruption.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: Leaders 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: Moeketsi Moticoe/EWN

    'The sooner we can bring change, the better'

    DA leader Mmusi Maimane says even if the motion of no confidence in President Zuma fails, the party won’t stop there in trying to bring him down.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: Hundreds of people gathered on the streets of Cape Town in a march to put pressure on MPs to oust President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN.

    Do the right thing, ANC MPs urged ahead of Zuma no-confidence vote

    Members of civil society have echoed the sentiments of opposition parties, calling on ANC MPs to vote according to their conscience during the vote of no confidence.

    1751 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.

    1755 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.

    1755 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.

    1757 days ago
  • Organisations under the #UniteBehind umbrella hold a mass meeting at the Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

    #UniteBehind: Organisations meet in CT in preparation for Zuma motion

    The mass meeting serves as a build-up to the planned march on 7 August, a day before MPs vote on a confidence motion in Jacob Zuma.

    1760 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma in the National Assembly. Picture: GCIS

    Take responsibility and hold Zuma to account, MPs told

    They are calling on MPs to vote in accordance with their roles to represent public views in Jacob Zuma's motion of no confidence.

    1764 days ago
  • FILE: Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    ‘Over 60 ANC MPs would dump Zuma if given secret ballot’

    EFF leader Julius Malema has said that more than 60 ANC MPs will back a no confidence vote against President Zuma if the ballot is secret.

    1769 days ago
  • FILE: National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

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    UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete’s attack on the judiciary illustrates her bias.

    1776 days ago
  • FILE: ANC MP Makhosi Khoza. picture: Facebook.

    ‘ANC hasn’t laid disciplinary charges against Khoza’

    Makhosi Khoza called for a secret ballot when the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma is debated in August.

    1778 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma and Speaker Baleka Mbete in conversation while walking down the red carpet ahead of the State of the Nation Address on 11 February 2016. Picture: Aletta Harrison/EWN.

    Secret ballot or not? Mbete still undecided

    Baleka Mbete will make her decision regarding the appropriate voting process before the scheduled debate on 8 August.

    1788 days ago
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