Zuma to Face No-Confidence Vote, This Time by Secret Ballot
We’re gathered here to shape the future of this country." "This march is a distraction from the real issues in South Africa," said Banzi Siwe, 23, a student, who added: "Compared to what
the white people stole before, this is nothing." Two further protests are planned in Cape Town for Tuesday, one led by opposition parties and one in support of Mr. Zuma by the A.N.C.
The party’s chief whip in Parliament, Jackson Mthembu, said on Friday
that voting against Mr. Zuma would be "tantamount to throwing a nuclear bomb" at South Africa, and that only a "bewitched" party would vote against its own president.
After Ms. Mbete’s ruling on Monday, a national spokesman for the A.N.C., Zizi Kodwa, said on Twitter
that the party had "full confidence" that its members would vote to keep Mr. Zuma.
If the motion passed, Mr. Zuma and his entire cabinet, including deputy ministers, would have to step
down, with Ms. Mbete becoming interim president, though he would remain president of the A.N.C.
7, 2017
CAPE TOWN — Over his eight increasingly embattled years in power, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
has fended off five parliamentary no-confidence motions that would have forced him from office.
doesn’t want to be seen changing its leadership on the back of pressure from the opposition, even though half the party believes
that Mr. Zuma has become a serious political liability," he said.