The EFF has vowed to interdict Thursday’s state of the nation address unless it is confirmed that the ANC asked President Jacob Zuma to step down. EFF leader Julius Malema was on Monday adamant that the nation would not be subjected to Zuma’s speech if the president’s own party had lost faith in him. "He is a party deployee. We are just waiting for his party to confirm that indeed ‘we went to him and told him to resign and we will take him to court and say he is not wanted even by his party’. How does he address the nation when his party is not interested in his address," Malema asked. However, constitutional law expert Prof Pierre de Vos cautioned that this would not be an easy undertaking. While Malema stated that the case would be based on the fact that Zuma was deployed to the presidency by the ANC, De Vos reiterated that only Parliament could remove Zuma. De Vos said he would be shocked if the courts entertained the matter, which he has described as a "political party tiff". "P...
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