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South Africa’s Zuma faces vote of no confidence for umpteenth time

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South Africa’s Zuma faces vote of no confidence for umpteenth time

President Jacob Zuma will for the umpteenth time face a vote of no confidence after surviving several corruption scandals as a president in the past.

Reports say South African parliament will conduct a secret ballot vote of no confidence on Zuma on Tuesday in a move that could encourage some ruling party MPs to oust him.

Protests have broken out in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, where the vote will take place.

Read also: Anti-Zuma protests returns as political parties stage demonstrations

The move is coming especially as the country’s economy has fallen into recession and unemployment has risen to record levels.

The parliament’s speaker, Baleka Mbete, made the decision to hold the vote in secret on Monday, after opposition parties took the case to the Constitutional Court.

Opposition parties believe that MPs from the governing African National Congress (ANC) would be more likely to vote against the president if their vote is secret.

Mr Zuma has so far survived seven no-confidence votes – none held in secret.

 

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