‘Save South Africa from President Jacob Zuma’
The Save SA campaign has launched what it calls the people’s motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma
South Africa needs to be saved from President Jacob Zuma himself, ANC stalwart and Save SA convenor Sipho Pityana said on Wednesday. Pityana’s remarks came days after Zuma took a swipe at the Save SA campaign, dismissively asking who the country should be saved from. "What kind of leader does Zuma think he is… he glibly says, ‘Save SA from what?’ Today, we answer that question. We must save SA from you, Mr President," Pityana said at the launch of the people’s motion of no confidence in Zuma at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. "If we don’t, there will be no SA to save in 2019." Pityana, who is also AngloGold Ashanti chairman, said the country could not afford to wait for the 2019 general election when Zuma will be replaced as president of the country. "The rot is spreading too fast. No doubt the president has failed us. It must be the verdict that he must go." Pityana said civil society was saying no to corruption and state capture.
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