Joint press statement by ACDP, AZAPO, COPE, DA, FF+, IFP, UCDP and UDM:
South Africa has lost confidence in President Jacob Zuma
The South African people are bearing witness to the emergence of a government and a country different to that envisaged by President Nelson Mandela and those who fought to liberate South Africa from oppression and ushered in a new democratic order in 1994.
The Marikana tragedy; the appalling ‘Nkandlagate' scandal; the failure by the government to deliver textbooks and workbooks to school children in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape; the downgrading of South Africa's credit rating by two major ratings agencies; the mounting disrespect for our Constitution and judiciary; the growing number of our citizens who must face the indignity of unemployment; and the uncontrollable and rising tide of corruption in the public service - all of these collectively point to the reality that ours is a country which lacks decisive leadership and vision.
In response to this mounting crisis of leadership, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Lindiwe Mazibuko, mandated by the ACDP, AZAPO, COPE, DA, FF+, IFP, UCDP and UDM, will this afternoon table a motion of no-confidence in Jacob Zuma as President of the Republic of South Africa.
President Zuma no longer has the confidence of our political parties to serve as president on the grounds that under his leadership: