LIVE: DA brings motion of no confidence in Zuma
The Democratic Alliance was expected to bring a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on Tuesday.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement South Africans demand that Jacob Zuma be taken to task for his reckless handling of the economy, and his sending South Africa into financial crisis.
"A motion of no confidence is the best mechanism to ensure that President Zuma is fired, once and for all," he said.
The Economic Freedom Fighters released a statement saying they would not participate on the debate.
"The EFF refuses to legitimise a morally and politically compromised President of the ANC through another process of Parliament. Debate that members of Zuma African National Congress (ZANC) are going to vote blindly to protect an illegitimate president. The ANC caucus in Parliament have shown as they did before with the Nkandla matter that they are not interested in protecting the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and do not want to hold the executive accountable, instead they put the ANC first before millions of South Africans," the EFF said.
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Reporting by Marius van der Walt