Parliament hired Zuma, and for the good of SA, it must now fire him, Maimane says
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says the party will table a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma once Parliament is back in session in May
Emboldened by the apparent ructions within the ANC and its alliance partners, the DA wasted little time on Thursday announcing that it would table yet another motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, once Parliament was back in session. DA leader Mmusi Maimane said that the party had taken the decision to table the motion following Zuma’s now confirmed intention to fire Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, and Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas. The EFF has confirmed that it would support the motion. Zuma is under pressure amid reports that some of his ministers, and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, are considering resigning should he follow through on his plan to sack Gordhan and replace him with former Eskom CEO, and now ANC MP, Brian Molefe. Molefe quit Eskom following a report by then public protector Thuli Madonsela in which he was accused of favouring the Gupta family, which is in business with Zuma’s son, in coal supply contracts. There is speculation that some ANC MP...
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