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South Africa: Marches Mark Countdown to No Confidence Vote
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
Marshals have had their hands full, struggling to control crowds of marchers running towards Parliament, as people make their way there in the build-up to the vote of no confidence… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Will Be Surprised With #NoConfidence Result - ANC MP
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
African National Congress national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa has claimed South Africa will be surprised by the result of the motion of no confidence, as the party has lobbied… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Secretary General Issues Final Warning to MPs Ahead of #ZumaVote
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe has warned party MPs that the ANC will find it difficult to agree on a presidential candidate if President Jacob Zuma is… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma #NoConfidence Vote a Watershed Moment
Democracy Works, 8 August 2017
In the vote on the motion of no confidence today, governing ANC MPs faces a clutch of watershed moments which floored almost all African liberation movements turned governments,… Read more »
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South Africa: Pro and Anti-Zuma Marchers Gather Across South Africa
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
Crowds in support of, and against President Jacob Zuma, are gathering on the Grand Parade in the Cape Town city centre ahead of the vote of no confidence in him set to take place… Read more »
Will They, Won't They? - ANC MPs Hold The Power #SecretBallot
It's D-day for President Jacob Zuma and the motion of no confidence against him, and all eyes will be on members of parliament for the ruling African National Congress as they prepare to cast a vote in their president via secret ballot.
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South Africa: MPs Must 'Vote Honestly According to Their Conscience' - Thabo Mbeki
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
Former president Thabo Mbeki has encouraged MPs to vote honestly on the motion of no confidence on Tuesday afternoon. Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Attends ANC Caucus Meeting Ahead of #NoConfidence Vote
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
President Jacob Zuma has made an appearance at the ANC's caucus meeting in Parliament on Tuesday morning ahead of the motion of no confidence against him. Read more »
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South Africa: #UniteBehind March Hopes to Appeal to MPs - #NoConfidence
Daily Maverick, 8 August 2017
In one of the final attempts to make the voice of the South African people audible to their elected representatives, around 2,000 people took to the streets in Cape Town on Monday… Read more »
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South Africa: This Is the Process of the Vote of #NoConfidence
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
At 14:00 on Tuesday MPs will gather at the National Assembly to cast their vote via secret ballot in the highly anticipated vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. Read more »
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South Africa: What Happens If the Vote of No Confidence Succeeds?
Daily Maverick, 7 August 2017
Although I will be surprised - shocked even - if the vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma succeeds (even if the Speaker orders a secret ballot), the possibility… Read more »
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South Africa: A Chance to Restore Hope to a Bruised and Battered Country
Daily Maverick, 8 August 2017
A global astronomical event occurred on 7 August 2017 when the earth cast a sliver of a shadow across the moon. The partial eclipse was visible from from Europe, Africa, Asia and… Read more »
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South Africa: Will They, Won't They? - ANC MPs Brace for #noconfidence Day
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
It's D-day for President Jacob Zuma and the motion of no confidence against him, and all eyes will be on African National Congress MPs as they prepare to cast a vote in their… Read more »
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South Africa: Major Joburg Roads Blocked By Protesters Ahead of No Confidence Vote
News24Wire, 8 August 2017
Major roads in the Johannesburg area were blocked with burning tyres and rocks on Tuesday morning ahead of the vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in Parliament. Read more »
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South Africa: Secret Vote or Not, Zuma Will Still Be President - Youth League
News24Wire, 7 August 2017
President Jacob Zuma will remain president of the country even after a secret ballot vote on a motion of no confidence, the ANC Youth League said on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa's Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete has announced that the vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be by secret ballot. Read more »
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South Africa will be better off if the vote to oust President Jacob Zuma proves to be a damp squib, Steven Friedman writes for The Conversation. This is in reaction to next ... Read more »
