Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world The price of voting to remove President Jacob Zuma will be high — but let’s do it anyway, says Makhosi Khoza. What’s in a name? Apparently a lot, if your name is Dullah Omar and your family doesn’t want it to be associated with support for Jacob Zuma. Members of the National Interfaith Council of SA (Nicsa), in partnership with the Amakhosi endabuko (traditional leaders), are praying for the president, saying: "We regard the marches and the vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma as a ganging-up of opposition parties and certain groupings as a clear stand of populism to gain publicity." Former Joburg mayor Parks Tau breaks his silence, saying the city’s finances under a DA-led administration are in shambles (despite not seeing any financial statements). In My Opinion Matters of debate In case you missed this: Steven Friedman says that if held by secret ballot, the vote of no confidence against Jacob Zuma would undermine democra...

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