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By Mphathi Nxumalo 
3h ago
Durban – Opposition parties in Parliament will not support the motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa this coming Thursday despite the problems they had with his leadership.
DA spokesperson Siviwe Gwarube said they did not support the motion even though they had problems with the way it had handled South Africa’s economic troubles.
“We do not believe this is a genuine motion to hold the president to account,” he said.
Gwarube said the district attorney believed it was more a case of battles between factions of the ANC than of the party holding Ramaphosa to account.
The African Transformation Movement is reported to have filed a no-confidence motion against Ramaphosa in February this year. The motion was approved by the Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise.
In its request, the ATM argued that Ramaphosa had misled the country when he said there would be no load shedding between December 17, 2019 and January 13 of this year. They also argued that the president had failed to take action against Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Eskom board, which had assured (Ramaphosa) that there would be no cargo shedding during this period.
Although it has never been tested, the ATM has been closely linked to the ANC’s secretary general, Ace Magashule. Gwarube said the district attorney would not be part of the ANC factional battles and that Ramaphosa should be held accountable at the polls during the elections.
IFP whip boss Narend Singh said it was a shame that the vote of no confidence that was made earlier this year was only being discussed now.
“We recognize that the president and the cabinet are not working optimally right now,” he said.
Singh said that what Ramaphosa had to do was put the country first, instead of the party. He said they would vote against the motion as they still had faith in it. Singh said what needed to be done was for Ramaphosa to deal with people in his cabinet who were not acting.
Daily News
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