{"id":16523,"date":"2012-11-08T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/11\/s-africa-opposition-push-for-zuma-no-confidence-vote\/"},"modified":"2012-11-08T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T18:43:23","slug":"s-africa-opposition-push-for-zuma-no-confidence-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africa-opposition-push-for-zuma-no-confidence-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa opposition push for Zuma no-confidence vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Samantha Lee<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CAPE TOWN<\/span> Nov 8 (Reuters) &#8211; South African opposition<br \/>\nparties pushed on Thursday for a no-confidence vote against<br \/>\nPresident Jacob Zuma for alleged corruption and economic<br \/>\nbungling, a symbolic move that could nevertheless embarrass him<br \/>\nas he seeks re-election as head of the ruling ANC.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The request has to get the green light from speaker Max<br \/>\nSisulu, an African National Congress stalwart (ANC), although<br \/>\nthe Democratic Alliance (DA) said there was no precedent for<br \/>\nparliament not to hear a proposed no-confidence debate.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The opposition made a similar push in 2010 after a scandal<br \/>\nabout Zuma&#8217;s sex life, although the ANC tweaked the motion into<br \/>\na &#8220;confidence vote&#8221; which Zuma survived comfortably.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an important motion and it would frankly be a<br \/>\ndereliction of parliament not to table it and debate it at the<br \/>\nearliest opportunity,&#8221; Lindiwe Mazibuko, parliamentary leader of<br \/>\nthe DA, the main opposition party, told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The opposition said that under his leadership the justice<br \/>\nsystem has been politicised and corruption has escalated while<br \/>\nchronic unemployment and a broken education system were posing<br \/>\nlong-term risks.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ANC, which has ruled since the end of apartheid in 1994,<br \/>\nhas countered by saying it has made enormous strides in reducing<br \/>\n poverty and is working to improve accountability in government.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even if it goes ahead, Zuma&#8217;s position is secure since the<br \/>\nANC controls 66 percent of the seats in parliament and dissent<br \/>\nis almost unheard of.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in the past three months his administration has<br \/>\nbeen rocked by the most damaging labour strikes since the end of<br \/>\napartheid and the police killing of 34 strikers at Lonmin&#8217;s<br \/>\nMarikana platinum mine on Aug. 16.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samantha Lee CAPE TOWN Nov 8 (Reuters) &#8211; South African opposition parties pushed on Thursday for a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma for alleged corruption and economic bungling, a symbolic move that could nevertheless embarrass him as he seeks re-election as head of the ruling ANC. 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