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President Cyril Ramaphosa.

ATM appeals the ruling on secret ballot for Phala Phala report

The opposition party has argued that the high court failed to follow the pronouncements of the appellate court on the test for a secret ballot on a National Assembly vote

Courting trouble: President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a challenge from the African Transformation Movement over the Phala Phala matter. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

From ATM to Zuma: A court calendar full of political conundrums

From a bid to overturn parliament’s rejection of the Ngcobo report to Jacob Zuma’s appeal to stay out of prison, political actors will fill the courts

Defence Minister Thandi Modise . (Gallo)

ATM wins secret ballot case on appeal

Former speaker Thandi Modise’s refusal to allow MPs to vote in secret on a motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa was not rational, the SCA held

The party says ‘toxic atmosphere’ in the ANC will affect MPs votes of no confidence against Ramaphosa. (City Press)

ATM’s secret ballot legal battle continues

The party says ‘toxic atmosphere’ in the ANC will affect MPs votes of no confidence against Ramaphosa

President Jacob Zuma looks up at a statue of Chris Hani during his walkabout at the ANC’s national policy conference.
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LIVESTREAM: MPs cast ‘historic’ secret ballot vote

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)

Vindicated: Opposition party representatives

The ball is now squarely in Baleka’s court

How she decides on allowing a secret ballot could see the speaker face further legal action

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Secret ballot: Yes, Mbete may – but maybe not

The speaker’s political future hinges on her secret ballot decision in the Zuma no-confidence motion

Islamist group al-Shabab.

We still won’t vote against Zuma – ANC caucus on secret ballot ruling

The ANC in Parliament has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling that Speaker Baleka Mbete must decide again on a motion of no confidence.

Former Mayor of Mogale City Michael Holenstein

Mogale City’s secret ballot spat is Parliament in reverse

ANC denies accusations of bribery

Unite: Opposition parties back the United Democratic Movement’s case before the ConCourt on a secret ballot in Parliament.

‘Judicial overreach’ is back

The ANC had moved towards blaming itself for legal defeats – but KZN this week led the counter-charge

Haruhiko Kuroda

#SecretBallot: ‘These are issues that affect us, but they are not involving us’

The Daily Vox asked some Johannesburg citizens whether South Africa needs a secret ballot to get rid of Zuma.

Who has an alarm clock these days?

ConCourt to hear UDM’s secret ballot bid on May 15

The party argues that since the president is elected secretly, a vote of no confidence should be conducted in a similar manner.

Jaco van Schuur (left) and Roy Marcus. (The Citizen)

Letters to the editor: April 21 to 27 2017

Readers write in about the ANC, and the secret ballot.