Zille to face motion of no confidence next week
The ANC asked for the vote in June after DA leader Mmusi Maimane announced that Zille was suspended from party activities
The ANC’s long-awaited motion of no-confidence in DA Premier Helen Zille will be debated in the Western Cape provincial legislature next Thursday. But the Economic Freedom Fighters and African Christian Democratic Party said the ANC would be on its own. EFF MPL Bernard Joseph said there was “no way I would vote with the ANC that is so corrupt‚ I would rather abstain”‚ while the ACDP’s Ferlon Christians said the debate was a waste of time. The ANC asked for the vote in June after DA leader Mmusi Maimane announced that Zille was suspended from party activities due to tweets that appeared to support colonialism. ANC leader Khaya Magaxa’s motion argues that if Zille is not good enough for the DA‚ she is not good enough to be Premier. Using its majority‚ the DA delayed the motion in the legislature’s programming committee until Zille issued a public apology and the DA halted its discplinary process against her. ANC chief whip Pierre Uys said the motion was relevant despite the DA’s major...
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