Speaker Mbete confirms receipt of DA motion of no confidence in President Zuma
05 March 2015
On Tuesday, 03 March 2015, I wrote to the Speaker's Office, in terms of Rule 98 of the National Assembly, to give notice of a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
This came after Agang abandoned its motion of no confidence in the President on the same day. The Democratic Alliance has condemned this act of wasting South Africa and Parliament's time by trivializing such an important matter.
Today, 05 March 2015, during a meeting of the National Assembly Programme Committee (NAPC), the Speaker, Baleka Mbete, acknowledged that her Office had received the notice, and that the matter was receiving due consideration.
Our notice of motion of no confidence in President Zuma was motivated for the following reasons: