By Yaseen Kippie Opposition parties believe last night’s outcome in the motion of no confidence vote in President Jacob Zuma is a victory for the opposition, as it shows the ANC is more divided than ever before. Zuma narrowly escaped another vote of no confidence, this time by secret ballot, with 35 ANC members breaking the ranks by voting with the opposition. Speaker Baleka Mbete announced that 198 MPs had […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete has given the go ahead for a secret ballot on tomorrow's Motion of No Confidence debate against President Jacob Zuma. Making the announcement‚ Mbete said she had taken "due and impartial consideration of all the factors" in making her decision. She said she was mindful of the fact that a motion of no confidence was a "powerful tool towards holding the president to […]
Nine out of the 13 parties represented in Parliament have submitted feedback as to how they would like a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma to be conducted, parliamentary spokesperson Moloto Mothapo said on Sunday. "Both the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance have indicated they will abide by the Speaker's decision, while the rest of the nine prefer a secret ballot," Mothapo said in a statement. […]
Opposition parties have celebrated the Constitutional Court ruling that National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete has the constitutional power to prescribe a secret ballot in a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said that his party has been vindicated and is pleased that members of parliament will now be "constitutionally free" to vote with their conscience. "The UDM is vindicated because we asked the Speaker […]
The Constitutional Court will on Thursday make its ruling on the UDM's application to force National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to conduct the vote of no confidence on President Jacob Zuma as a secret ballot. Political parties were due to debate a motion of no confidence on Zuma on April 18 but the UDM, Economic Freedom Fighters and Democratic Alliance asked for a postponement after the Constitutional Court allowed the […]
South Africa’s attention will be focused on the Constitutional Court on Monday as some of the best legal minds in the country once again argue on a matter involving President Jacob Zuma. United Democratic Movement Leader Bantu Holomisa’s application before the highest court in the land is to have the voting in a motion of no confidence against the president be done under secret ballot. He made the application following […]
The decision to vote out President Jacob Zuma in a no-confidence motion is a contested one, in which there is no "unanimity" even within the ANC and so should be held in secret, EFF leader Julius Malema has argued in court papers. The EFF and the Inkatha Freedom Party filed papers yesterday in support of the United Democratic Movement's application to the Constitutional Court for a secret ballot in the […]
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