On his birthday, President Jacob Zuma should do the honourable thing and step down, EFF secretary-general Godrich Gardee said on Wednesday. "[He must] hand over power to other people, he must just step down," said Gardee, who was standing in Church Square for a national day of action against the President. Gardee said Zuma had embarrassed the country and humiliated citizens. "He can’t defend and uphold the Constitution," he said. Opposition parties and their supporters gathered in Church Square, Pretoria, to march to the Union Buildings calling for Zuma to step down. It was also Zuma’s 75th birthday and the ANC was due to celebrate in Kliptown in the afternoon. Gardee said opposition parties were expecting a "massive" turnout for the march in Pretoria. "We look forward to a massive turnout of supporters and citizens of this country to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with Mr Zuma." Hundreds of people, the majority in blue DA T-shirts and red EFF regalia, had gathered in Church Squa...
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