Parliament – Speaker Baleka Mbete on Monday turned down a request by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to bring forward the debate on their latest motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma as he resists pressure from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to resign.
“The Speaker has responded in the negative,” an opposition source said.
Mbete had scheduled the vote on the motion for the February 22, the day after the government is due to table the national budget for 2018.
But the EFF asked for it to take place earlier after a week of talks between Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to bring the embattled president to resign.
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Mbete turns down EFF to table motion of no confidence earlier
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Corrupt Members Of South African Police Force Facilitate Farm Attacks – Katie Hopkins
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We are less than 40 days into 2018 – Forty days, 41 farm attacks, and 5 murders on white farms. THIS IS SOUTH AFRICA.
Set against the total number of violent crimes in this country where murder and shootings are commonplace, globalists will argue that these figures are statistically insignificant. But if you use a baseline of the total population of commercial farmers, targeted attacks on white farmers becomes a crime impossible to ignore.
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Zuma goes down laughing— at us
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On Wednesday morning, Baleka Mbete was asked in an eNCA interview how President Jacob Zuma “seemed” when she broke the news to him that he would not be permitted to address the House.
“He looked like the ordinary Jacob Zuma,” she responded, “always ready to laugh at life.”
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“Take It To The Streets”: Opposition Parties Plan To Force Zuma’s Exit
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Opposition parties are discussing a joint plan to push the ANC into recalling President Jacob Zuma- including a call for their supporters to take to the streets.
The UDM’s Bantu Holomisa flighted the possibility‚ saying: “#RemoveZumaMarch. South Africans‚ let’s discuss the possibility of taking to the streets on 22 February 2018‚ the day of Zuma’s vote of no confidence in Parliament. We can’t rely on a divided ANC.”
“We must never forget that it has never been the ANC’s plan to remove Zuma‚ hence they are pussyfooting‚” said Holomisa. “In fact we should scrap the state of the nation address (Sona) altogether to avoid a double wastage. Let’s rather focus on the budget and the no confidence debate on Zuma.”
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How Zuma’s exit may unfold
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It now seems a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ President Jacob Zuma will step down. With ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and other members of the top six reportedly frustrated by their efforts to get Msholozi to step down gracefully,these are the options available to them.
Vote of no confidence
Zuma’s enemies have previously sought to topple him with parliamentary votes of no confidence.
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#HOMEINVASION: Granny (71) Abducted During House Robbery Near Sterkstroom
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Police are searching for an elderly woman who had been abducted during a house robbery on Tuesday evening
Denise Bartlett, aged 71, and her granddaughter arrived home from their business at about 19:00 on Tuesday and, as they entered their house, two armed men confronted and assaulted them, police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said.
She said the attackers took an undisclosed amount of cash before forcing Bartlett into her green Chevrolet Spark and driving off with her.
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State speech postponed, beginning of Zuma’s end?
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The so-called state-of-the-nation speech that would take place on Thursday has been delayed by at least a week.
Heads of State ,Jacob Zuma refused to resign after the top ANC members requested him to do so on Sunday.
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President Jacob Zuma agrees to resign
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After refusing to vacate his office, President Jacob Zuma has reportedly agreed to resign as head of state, just hours after meeting ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at a “constructive meeting” in Cape Town.
Zuma initially refused to resign after meeting with the ANC’s top six officials on Monday, and after the party convened a special national working committee (NWC) meeting on Tuesday, a decision on his fate was expected to be made on Wednesday.
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SA health system was better under apartheid, says Malema
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Public healthcare services were better during apartheid than they are now under the ANC government, EFF leader Julius Malema claimed on Monday.
Malema was referring to what he called a “national health crisis”, which, he said, the EFF is planning to expose.
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EU MEP Group ENF Acknowledges and Debates Failed “Rainbow Nation”
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The European Parliamentary Group ENF has recently acknowledged and debated the failures of Mandela’s “Rainbow Nation”.
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“LEAVE ZUMA TO US” – MALEMA
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Julius Malema revealed that the EFF was considering interdicting Zuma from delivering the State of the Nation Address
EFF leader Julius Malema has called on the ANC to leave President Jacob Zuma to the EFF.
“Leave him to us. It looks like this guy has defeated you‚” Malema said following the party’s plenum meeting held over the weekend in Braamfontein‚ Johannesburg.
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THE GAUTENG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO APPEAL
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The Gauteng Education Department approached the Constitutional Court in a attempt to appeal against a finding by the High Court in Pretoria regarding Overvaal High School. The High Court gave the school equal not to accommodate 55 additional English-speaking learners. Violent protests broke out after the ruling, while members of the ANC and the EFF..
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“Dear Malema – Are You Afraid Of A Little White Woman?” – Katie Hopkins in SA
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Patriotic UK commentator Katie Hopkins, who is in South Africa, has asked for a meeting with EFF leader Julius Malema to talk about the Kill the farmer song.
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Zuma digs in heels ahead of SONA
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President Jacob Zuma is adamant he will deliver his State of the Nation address (Sona) on Thursday, despite calls for him to step down.
The Mail & Guardian has reliably learned that Zuma told senior ANC leaders during a meeting at his official residence this week that he would reject any attempts to force him out as the country’s highest office before Sona.
“He [Zuma] has made it clear he would not accept any decision influenced by any ‘counter-revolutionaries’, including opposition parties. He said if it meant he should face impeachment and lose all his presidential benefits, he was prepared for that as a matter of principle,” said an ANC insider close to Zuma.
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Motion of no confidence in Zuma scheduled for February 22
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The Economic Freedom Fighters’ request for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma has been scheduled for February 22, a day after the budget speech.
Parliament’s presiding officers on Thursday said they had rejected the EFF’s request to hold the motion before next week’s State of the Nation Address (SONA).
This year’s SONA will go ahead as planned next week, irrespective of who is president of the country, they said.
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