Zuma’s last reshuffle, in March, saw respected finance minister Pravin Gordhan sacked, causing the rand and other financial assets to weaken and helped prompt the downgrading of South Africa’s credit ratings to “junk
Browsing: President Jacob Zuma
Zuma approached the court seeking to have a Pretoria High Court judgment in April 2016 that ordered a review of a decision by the National Prosecuting Authority to set aside the 783 corruption charges against him.
“Further, I have not requested anybody to buy a property for me or on my behalf abroad,” Zuma said in reply to questions in Parliament.
Toppling Zuma requires 50 of the 249 ANC Members of Parliament to support the no-confidence motion and some have said publicly they want him removed, including former finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, whose sacking in March triggered damaging debt ratings downgrades.
The parliament said that further consultations were taking place to determine whether the ballot would be held in secret.
The ruling might also make it possible to eventually oust the president, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over a string of corruption scandals
The government has declared violence against women and children as a priority crime and set up a 24-hour Gender Based Violence Command Centre hotline intended for victims to report attacks, including those by family members or partners.
The media also feared that the documents could deepen divides in the ruling African National Congress
Zuma and his entourage could be seen on live TV leaving the podium and being whisked away from the rally, in the central city of Bloemfontein, in a motorcade
President Jacob Zuma sacked Jonas on March 30 together with Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan
Traditionally an ally to Zuma’s African National Congress party, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said it no longer trusted Zuma’s leadership
Gordhan also said during a televised press conference in Pretoria that he had been “sickened” by allegations that he had secret meetings to undermine the government during an investor roadshow abroad
Earlier this week, the President recalled Gordhan from planned events in the UK
The President already defeated impeachment proceedings in April 2016 over the scandal, in which he was found to have illegally used taxpayers’ money to upgrade his country home in the village of Nkandla
According to the two sources, the offer is under a deal with opponents in his ruling party that would see Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, leave office now
Kathrada had in 2016 criticised Zuma over a corruption scandal
In addition to the anti-racism action plan, the government had recently also published the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, according to Zuma
Obasanjo condemned the attacks on Wednesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when he received the leadership of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies,Kuru, Jos, who paid him a courtesy call
The warning was issued by the National Youth Council of Nigeria, which gave the South African Government 48 hours ultimatum address the problem of xenophobic attacks
Zuma stated this when Hayatou paid him a courtesy visit in Pretoria