DA requests court to declare axing of Gordhan and Jonas irrational and unconstitutional
5 April 2017
The DA has filed an urgent application with the North Gauteng High court to request that President Zuma’s decision to remove Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, and Deputy Finance Minister, Mcebisi Jonas, be set aside on the grounds that it was irrational, and therefore unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid.
The DA has further requested that all records of the decision to dismiss the Minister and the Deputy Minister be filed with the court within 5 days.
The consequences of Zuma’s unexplained midnight reshuffle has been plain for all to see: South Africa’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating was downgraded to junk status by ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, and the rand went into free fall.