POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Uncertainty lingers as attempts to remove president drag on
Opposition party leaders to meet on Monday to form a joint approach after the state of the nation speech postponement, writes Linda Ensor
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the coming week’s political events. These include the removal of President Jacob Zuma and how this will be achieved, and whether the state of the nation address will be delivered on Thursday as rumoured. There is also uncertainty over whether National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete will agree to an opposition party request that a motion of no-confidence debate in President Zuma takes place on Tuesday. Just when a breakthrough in ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s talks with Zuma appeared on the cards, the president is understood to have dug in his heels. This has required that a special meeting of the ANC’s national executive committee be held on Monday. In the meantime, the country continues to wait. Leaders of opposition parties plan to meet on Monday to work on a joint approach towards what should happen in Parliament in light of the state of the nation address being postponed indefinitely. DA leader Mmusi Maimane will brief the media on Monday on th...
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