{"id":144719,"date":"2016-11-27T08:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=144719"},"modified":"2016-11-27T08:01:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T06:01:03","slug":"anc-tables-formal-motion-for-zuma-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/144719\/anc-tables-formal-motion-for-zuma-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"ANC tables formal motion for Zuma to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"

At its National Executive Committee meeting this weekend, the ANC has tabled a surprise motion for president Jacob Zuma to be recalled – catching his supporters off guard and sending them into a tailspin, the City Press reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Citing inside sources from the NEC meeting, the City Press said that the motion was brought by tourism minister Derek Hanekom on Saturday, leaving the pro-Zuma camp stunned.<\/p>\n

Further, there has been lobbying for a secret ballot to take place on the matter – so that the party can get its members’ true views, without fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n

However, the motion was deferred to Sunday as many NEC members were not present, and some members walked out of the meeting as not to be a part of any process that could see the president recalled, the paper said.<\/p>\n

Zuma supporters who were not at the meeting reportedly jumped into action, climbing onto planes from their respective provinces to attend the meeting today.<\/p>\n

Pro-Zuma members are hoping to kill the motion before it even gets to a vote, the City Press said.<\/p>\n

The move to table the motion comes a surprise as it has always been understood that Zuma controls a strong majority within the ANC NEC, with many of his supporters in the party also being on ‘his’ payroll in government.<\/p>\n

Specifically, it is seen as huge risk to even propose that he step down, as the president still has\u00a0one final card up his sleeve: a Cabinet reshuffle, which would get rid of all his detractors in government.<\/p>\n

You can read the full inside story in the City Press for 27 November 2016<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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