ANC in Parliament will vote no to removing Jacob Zuma, official says
ANC MPs will abide by the decision of the ANC national working committee as announced by secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, Nonceba Mhlauli says
The motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma, tabled by the DA last week looks set to fail after the ANC in Parliament made it clear that it would vote against it. The National Assembly, which is in recess until the beginning of May, will hold a special sitting on April 18 to debate the motion. The DA tabled the motion following Zuma’s decision to fire finance minister Pravin Gordhan, and deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas, which sent the rand and markets into a tailspin. "The ANC in Parliament will vote against the motion of no confidence on President Jacob Zuma by opposition parties scheduled for April 18 2017," the ANC chief whip’s spokesperson, Nonceba Mhlauli, said on Thursday. She said ANC members in Parliament had been inundated with "mischievous calls, text messages and e-mails by faceless individuals and organisations lobbying us to disregard the party line and vote in accordance with our individual taste, as dictated by our conscience and lobby groups in the upco...
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