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29 Dec, 2017
#ZumaImpeachment: ConCourt tells National Assembly to do its work
The longsuffering people of South Africa, and indeed all people trusting our country will be in the presence of good governance, have been waiting since early September – after hours and hours of argument before the Constitutional Court – to hear if the end of the disastrous Zuma-era may be quickened. The Constitutional Court today, in its continuing affirmation of the Constitution, provided for this quickening. The ball is now in the Speaker’s and the Parliamentary Rules Committee’s court to make rules, in the National Assembly, regulating removal of a president in terms of Section 89, Sub 1 of the Constitution. The ruling party’s elective conference has come and gone, and South African’s will be watching the “new African National Congress” like hawks in 2018; especially in Parliament. Even if the ruling party’s new president represents a distinct and expectant power shift, the proof will be in the pudding. Strengthened by today’s CC ruling our urgent and continuing battle to have Zuma removed will be accelerated. The United Democratic Movement, in tandem with any and all parties unified by a honest desire for the very best for our country, will redouble its efforts to rid government of the single most destructive occupation since our hard-fought freedom, and perhaps, even ever. To modify one of Churchill’s famous lines… this is not the end. It is, however, perhaps, more than simply the end of the beginning. And it may well be the beginning of the end. South Africans shall overcome. Issued by: Mr Bantu Holomisa, MP and UDM President
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22 Jun, 2017
#Concourt: Nqabayomzi Kwankwa writes to the Speaker on secret ballot
Dear Madam Speaker CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING ON SECRET BALLOT AND THE MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC We refer to our letter, that was subsequently withdrawn, sent on 3 April 2017 wherein we lodged a motion of no-confidence in the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr JG Zuma. In light of today’s ruling of the Constitutional Court regarding your discretionary power to allow for a secret vote in the motion of no-confidence, we again lodge a motion of no-confidence in the President in terms of Section 102, subsection 2 of the South African Constitution and Section 129 of the Rules of the National Assembly. We call on you to do the right thing and grant an urgent debate, and allow for a secret ballot for a vote of no-confidence in President Zuma. We therefore request an urgent meeting with you to discuss the matter. Yours sincerely Mr Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, MP UDM Chief Whip
