The Opposition’s motions of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be debated just after Easter on April 18 in a special sitting of Parliament. The announcement was made by National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete late on Wednesday afternoon. A day earlier,the ANC national working committee (NWC) met amid calls for the president’s resignation or removal, from ANC veterans, and civil society,religious leaders, organised labour and expressions of deep misgivings by commerce over the president’s Friday midnight reshuffle to remove Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas from the finance ministry. By MARIANNE MERTEN.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za