Zuma and Zille must both fall‚ says Cosatu in the Western Cape‚ which will march on Workers Day calling for the removal of President Jacob Zuma and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille. The ANC’s tripartite alliance partners‚ the Cosatu and the SA Communist Party‚ have called for Zuma to step down after his decision to fire Pravin Gordhan as finance minister. Meanwhile‚ Zille is facing DA charges for tweets which many have viewed as praising colonialism. In a statement on Friday‚ Cosatu Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich accused Zille of “racist endorsement of colonialism” and said Zuma was helping thieves to steal from the country. “The call for (Zille’s) removal will also focus on the refugee slurs that she dished out in Cape Town‚ as she tries to keep the city and the province (a) white preferential area‚” said Ehrenreich. On Zuma‚ Ehrenreich said he had been a poor leader of the ANC and the country. However‚ during its May 1 march Cosatu wanted to expose hypocrites who marched f...
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