ConCourt to rule on Zuma no-confidence secret ballot on Thursday
20 June 2017
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will make its ruling on Thursday on the UDM's application to force National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to conduct the vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma by secret ballot.
After Zuma’s controversial Cabinet reshuffle at the end of March, that saw Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan axed, among others, the opposition asked Mbete to schedule a vote of no confidence in Zuma.
It was initially set down for April 18. The opposition however asked for it to be postponed pending the application to the court for the vote to take place in secret.
Opposition parties hope this would encourage enough ANC MPs to vote against Zuma for it to succeed.