This is ANC’s last shot at redemption, opposition warns, as Zuma meets caucus
ANC MPs are unanimous, chief whip Jackson Mthembu says minutes before stepping into the National Assembly for the do-or-die vote
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu said on Tuesday the party’s caucus in Parliament had unanimously agreed to defeat the motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. Speaking to Business Day minutes before stepping into the National Assembly for the start of the debate preceding the vote, he maintained the caucus was not pressured to vote in any particular manner, but that it agreed it could not vote with the opposition. Mthembu said the caucus meeting was "more confident" that the party would defeat the motion. "We agreed this morning that we will go to chambers today and vote against this motion. We have no fear. We are very comfortable and we maintain that voting with the opposition does not cl necessarily mean voting in the nation's interest," said Mthembu. The ANC caucus met with President Jacob Zuma and ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday morning. Opposition parties, meanwhile, said this was the party’s last chance to redeem itself among voters. Zuma is unders...
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