POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: DA’s march to Luthuli House may have unintended results
The march is one of many events planned as part of a pushback campaign against Zuma’s wide-ranging midnight Cabinet reshuffle
The DA will go ahead with its planned march on Luthuli House, leader Mmusi Maimane confirmed on Sunday, raising concern that the move may backfire. Many fear that, instead of achieving its aim of highlighting that President Jacob Zuma is a product of the ANC, it will only serve to unite the divided governing party. Maimane disclosed the DA’s plan in Cape Town, where he also announced that Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, who he succeeded as DA leader, would face disciplinary action for tweets she posted praising the benefits of colonialism. The march is one of many events planned as part of a pushback campaign against Zuma’s wide-ranging midnight Cabinet reshuffle last week, in which finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas were fired. The DA and the EFF have also asked that a motion of no confidence be tabled in Parliament, while the EFF has approached the Constitutional Court, requesting it to pronounce on what should be done about the legislature’s failure t...
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