Secret Zuma #NoConfidence Vote? South African Speaker to Decide

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete will today announce whether the vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma will be conducted via secret ballot. This comes as the #UniteBehind coalition prepares to take to the streets of Cape Town to apply pressure on MPs to vote for the removal of Zuma.

President Zuma with Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete on arrival for State of the Nation Address (file photo).

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