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Eugene

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Mon Aug 7, 2017, 06:38 PM Aug 2017

South Africa MPs to vote in secret on Zuma no-confidence motion

Source: BBC

South Africa MPs to vote in secret on Zuma no-confidence motion

7 August 2017 Africa

South African MPs will vote in secret on a motion of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, the parliament's speaker has announced.

Baleka Mbete made the ruling after opposition parties took the case to the Constitutional Court.

They believe that in a secret ballot, MPs from the governing African National Congress (ANC) would be more likely to vote against the president.

Mr Zuma has survived several previous votes of no-confidence.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40850429
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