Zuma no confidence
EFF calls for secret ballot for Zuma no-confidence vote
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...
The DA says its failed Motion of No Confidence in President Zuma earlier this month showed most ANC MPs would do anything to protect a corrupt leader.
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.
This public show of solidarity is all in a bid to achieve one goal: to get President Jacob Zuma out of office.
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.
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.
Phumzile van Damme says the main opposition has been working hard to ensure the vote of no confidence in President Zuma goes its way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
President Jacob Zuma has survived eight previous motions of no confidence since taking office in 2009.
The City of Cape Town council has given the green light for three protest marches, one on Monday and two on Tuesday.
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.
They are calling on MPs to vote in accordance with their roles to represent public views in Jacob Zuma's motion of no confidence.
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.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete’s attack on the judiciary illustrates her bias.
Makhosi Khoza called for a secret ballot when the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma is debated in August.
Baleka Mbete will make her decision regarding the appropriate voting process before the scheduled debate on 8 August.