‘We don’t need the Speaker to give us permission to debate the motion of no confidence. We have given her an opportunity and she failed’
The motion of no confidence in Zuma is scheduled for February 22.
The EFF and DA hold directly opposing ideologies and economic roadmaps for South Africa.
Acting Judge Sydwell Shangisa ruled that the party had failed to demonstrate the urgency of the application, which was heard in court on Tuesday.
All the party wants is fact-finding on Nkandla. If that so happens to look like an inquisition, well …
ANC MPs who choose the big boss over their constitutional duty lead us to a syndicated state
The ANC chair has missed two meetings at which the issue would have been raised
The South African Communist Party says the “myopic campaign clothed in the name of discipline is nothing but a factionally charged agenda".
Our myopic opposition parties are steering us into dangerous waters, and their efforts are too often being cheered on
The motion may not have passed, but it shows the ANC doesn’t speak with one voice
Should MPs have the right to vote according to their conscience?
Yesterday the president overcame an eighth no confidence vote, despite the mountain of evidence of corrupt conduct that has emerged in recent months
In September the EFF will head to the constitutional court in a bid to have Zuma impeached.
“I can tell you, they spent a lot of money. And I’m happy for those who took the money, children will eat.”
Despite surviving a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma was confirmed as a lame-duck president.
Draft resolution: Motion of no confidence in the President in terms of section 102(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (85)
This threat comes despite the no confidence vote in the president being held by secret ballot.
Parliament has set out the process in a statement released on Tuesday.
All eyes will be on ANC MPs as they prepare to cast a vote on their president via secret ballot.
Mbete says the decision “is about putting the resilience of our democratic institutions to test” and was taken “in the best interests of the country".
Even a secret vote to oust Zuma may scupper ANC careers and opposition hopes for power
Ramaphosa, as leader of government business must encourage his MPs to show their interests "lie with the people of South Africa, not with Jacob Zuma."
Last week, Gungubele said he no longer had confidence in Zuma, joining ANC MPs Makhosi Khoza and former finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
Mantashe warned ANC MPs they may be relieved of their duties if they vote in favour of a motion of no confidence against President Zuma
The DA will not support a motion of no confidence in Premier Helen Zille when it is debated in the Western Cape legislature on Thursday.
Could the second coming of the ANC and the country be upon us?
Zuma’s eighth motion of no confidence comes amid intensified calls from within the ANC for him to step down from leadership.
Will voting in the motion of no confidence in the president be without fear, favour or prejudice? The speaker needs to decide on the secret ballot.
The speaker’s political future hinges on her secret ballot decision in the Zuma no-confidence motion
Analysts say this minister’s strong SACP connections and ANC support ensure he’s ‘too powerful politically’ for the president to fire.
But Jeff Radebe says the UDM is within its rights to ask the ConCourt to allow a secret ballot in Parliament.
ANC MP contradicts party’s official line on vote of no confidence in Zuma.