President Zuma at the ‘No confidence’ motion tabled at ANC meeting
A no confidence – motion against President Jacob
Zuma was tabled today at a meeting of the
National Executive Committee of the African
National Congress in Africa , Reuters reported
quoting a report on the website of News 24 .
It says the motion of no confidence was
proposed by a senior NEC member and
supported by the current health minister and
his deputy , among others .
The ANC ’ s spokesman Zizi Kodwa , who earlier
in the week denied a Bloomberg report saying
Zuma ’ s removal would be discussed , was not
immediately available on Saturday evening .
Earlier the ANC’ s secretary general , Gwede
Mantashe, told reporters that Zuma’ s removal
was not on the NEC agenda .
“ We are reading in newspapers that there is
going to be blood on the floor . We have not
seen that blood on the floor , yet , ” Mantashe
said in comments broadcast live on eNCA
television.
Zuma has been under increasing pressure to
step down from party veterans and members of
the African National Congress ’ s communist and
union alliance partners, as a series of scandals
threaten to erode the ruling party ’ s dominance
before the 2019 general vote .
The Public Protector , an anti – corruption
watchdog, published a report in November that
alleged Zuma was influenced by the Guptas , a
wealthy South African family with business
interests ranging from mining to media , in
making government appointments .
Zuma resisted calls to resign over those claims ,
which both he and the Guptas have denied .
The ANC stood by Zuma at a similar meeting in
November in a debate about whether he should
step down , and analysts discounted suggestions
that he might be ousted or might quit before
his term as party head ends in December .
The NEC discussions continue on Sunday
