“JOHANNESBURG, 8 April 2016– Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has lashed out at ANC stalwarts who called for President Jacob Zuma’s resignation.This comes in the wake of last week’s Constitutional Court ruling on Nkandla. He was speaking at an ANC Heroes lecture in Gugulethu” (eNCA, 2016).
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ANC wants its members to stop anti-Zuma rhetoric in public (Youtube-Clip)
“JOHANNESBURG, 8 April 2016 – ANC branches are calling for action to be taken against Zuma, following the Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment. Yet the governing party wants members to voice their concerns within the organisation, not in public” (eNCA, 2016).
Open Letter from MP Bantu Holomisa to the Speaker of Parliament Ms. Baleka Mbete: “Request for Disiplinary Enquiry against President Zuma” (07.04.2016)

Ms Baleka Mbete
Speaker to the National Assembly
Republic of South Africa
Private Bag X15
Cape Town
8000
Dear Honourable Speaker
REQUEST FOR A DISCIPLINARY ENQUIRY AGAINST PRESIDENT ZUMA.
The above matter has reference.
Following the scathing Constitutional Court judgment delivered on the 31st of March instant, and found amongst others: “
“Consistent with this constitutional injunction, an order will thus be made that the President’s failure to comply with the remedial action taken against him by the Public Protector is inconsistent with his obligation to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic; to comply with the remedial action taken by the Public Protector; and the duty to assist and protect the office of the Public Protector to ensure its independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness”.
A barrage of vicious attacks was meted against the office of the Public Protector and the Public Protector, by amongst others, members of the National Assembly; to a point of accusing her of misleading the nation. This grave misconduct has adversely affected the operations, performance and effectiveness of the Public Protector. Notwithstanding the clarity given by the Constitutional Court, the President, in his public half-hearted apology, failed to express himself on this matter of national interest.
In July, justice portfolio committee chairperson Dr. Mathole Motshekga told the Nkandla ad hoc committee: “We should not, and cannot, apologise when we say the report of the public protector is misleading and has misled the nation.”
The National Assembly Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, led by the chairperson, Dr. Mathole Motshekga and Ms Thandiswa Mahambehlala brutally attacked the person of the public protector. This may have led to the economic embargo against the office of the Public Protector.
News 24 reported on the 3rd of April 2016; attribute the following to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete; “Now I don’t know who owes the public protector an apology about what because as far as Parliament is concerned, the situation has been explained,” she said.
It is my considered view, that the National Assembly has a Constitutional obligation to hold the President accountable on this matter. He has the duty to assist and protect the office of the Public Protector to ensure its independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness.

Further, the Constitutional Court found, against the President: “Consistent with this constitutional injunction, an order will thus be made that the President’s failure to comply with the remedial action taken against him by the Public Protector is inconsistent with his obligation to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic; to comply with the remedial action taken by the Public Protector; and the duty to assist and protect the office of the Public Protector to ensure its independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness”.
Schedule 2 of the Constitution under Oath or solemn affirmation of President and Acting President provides: “The President of Acting President, before the Chief Justice, or another judge designated by the Chief Justice, must swear/affirm as follows: In the presence of everyone assembled here, and in full realisation of the high calling I assume as President/Acting President of the Republic of South Africa, I, A, B., swear/solemnly affirm that I will be faithful to the Republic of South Africa, and will obey, observe, uphold and maintain the Constitution and all other law of the Republic; and I solemnly and sincerely promise that I will always –
- promote all that will advance the Republic, and oppose all that may harm it;
- protect and promote the rights of all South Africans;
- discharge my duties with all my strength and talents to the best of my knowledge and ability and true to the dictates of my conscience;
- do justice to all; and
- devote myself to the well-being of the Republic and all of its people”.
The President has on numerous occasions, and with regard to the report of the Public Protector and the security upgrades at his private homestead; made statements in the National Assembly, which were not accurate and may be bordering on perjury.
To date, the nation as has not seen, the size and colour of a piece of paper purporting to be a bond that the President told the National Assembly funded his private home. Access to this document was never granted to the Public Protector as reported.

Above all, the President had the audacity to come to the National Assembly and made mockery on a matter affecting the whole nation. We can all remember him infamously saying “…Nkandla – Nkandla! Owu Thixo – wa-se – George – Goch!”
Accordingly, it is my considered view that the National Assembly is enjoined to institute a disciplinary enquiry against the President, in order to ascertain the gravity and the seriousness of the conduct of the President, as determined by the highest court of the land.
In this regard, I propose:
That a disciplinary enquiry be instituted against the President to:
1.1. Investigate whether the President has not misled the National Assembly with regard to his pronouncement on the security upgrades in his private homestead as well as the report of the Public Protector; and
1.2. Investigate the gravity and seriousness of the conduct of the President as determined by Constitutional Court on the 31st of March 2016, and in line with section 89 (1) of the Constitution.
That the composition of the disciplinary enquiry be made up of three retired judges given that the National Assembly is conflicted, and that its findings should only be subjected to a review by a court of law where necessary.
That a Multi-Party Committee be established to conduct a review of the current legislation governing security upgrades for public representatives in order to avoid further occurrence.
That the National Assembly, set up a process that will immediately address the economic embargo meted against the office of the Public Protector and ensure that it is sufficiently resourced to be able to discharge its Constitutional obligations independently, impartially, effective and with dignity.
Finally, the National Assembly has no choice but to hold the President accountable. Failure to do so, will send an unfortunate message to many other entities, that since the President was never held accountable, no one will have consequences for misleading the National Assembly under oath.
Kind regards
Mr. Bantu Holomisa, MP
President of the United Democratic Movement
ANC Veteran Cheryl Carolus calls for Zuma to step down (Youtube-Clip)
“JOHANNESBURG, 7 April 2016 – ANC veteran Cheryl Carolus has added her voice to calls for President Jacob Zuma to go. She spoke to eNCA’s Iman Rappetti on Wednesday” (eNCA, 2016).
Nkandlagate: the movie (Youtube-Clip)
“The saga of pres Jacob Zuma’s private home at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and his subsequent court case in the Constitutional Court where he was found to have “failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution as the supreme law of the land…” (HC Vijoen, 2016).
EFF Statement on the Anniversary of the Death of Solomon Mahlangu Day (06.04.2016)

The EFF marks the 37th Anniversary of the hanging of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu by the murderous racist apartheid regime in 1979. Mahlangu represents the brave generation of 1976 students who as a generation started a fight against the apartheid regime which ushered our freedom. It is the generation of Mahlangu that must be credited for the mass work that characterised the 1980s and led to the fall of apartheid.
It is also a matter of fact that the ANC benefited directly from the ideas of Black Consciousness which were central to the awakening of the 1979 youth generation. On the Anniversary of the death of Soloming Mahlangu we therefore celebrate the ideas of Black Consciousness. At the centre of these ideas is the proposition that to be black is not a matter of the colour of your skin, but a matter of your consciousness. To be black conscious is to fight against all forces that seek to turn black people’s lives to waste and permanently live as beggars in the country of their birth.
Merely being black does not make you black conscious; and all blacks who steal from the people contribute to the oppression they suffer. In the same way that anti-apartheid activists fought against Bantustan leaders, we shall fight against the ANC whose government is about advancing the interests of white monopoly capital and of nepotistic kleptocrats at the expense of the livelihoods of black people and the constitution.
The EFF also notes that Solomon Manhlangu was killed on the same day of the anniversary of the arrival of white colonialists led by Jan Van Riebeeck. This is not a coincidence at all as it was aimed at reasserting the colonial claim against all black people that we are a conquered and defeated people.
The anniversary of the death of Solomon Mahlangu should as a result lead to the reassertion that true liberation without the land is meaningless. The colonial power that apartheid wanted to reaffirm by hanging Solomon Mahlangu on the same day that Jan Van Riebeeck arrived in South Africa remains intact in the patterns of land ownership that favour white people over blacks. On this day, therefore, the EFF calls on land expropriation without compensation for equal redistribution as the policy for land reform.
Being an member of Umkonto we Sizwe Solomon Mahlangu also fought for a democratic South Africa in which “all are equal before the law” as stated in the Freedom Charter. It is clear that Jacob Zuma and the ANC have violated this proposition by undermining the constitutional court and protecting Zuma after he violated the constitution. The ANC of Solomon Mahlangu no longer exists, only a criminal mob of men and women who do everything to advance the private interests of Jacob Zuma at the expense of the interests of the people and the constitution.
The EFF, in memory of Solomon Mahalngu will ensure that this ANC falls and that our the rule of law is restored. We are the only political party that still represents what Solomong Mahangu died for, which is the total liberation of our people and for the true realisation of the Freedom Charter. We vow that we shall never rest until all our people realise economic freedom. We take inspiration from the generation of Solomon Manhlangu in defining our own mission, economic freedom in our lifetime. We shall make sure to fulfil it to the best of our revolutionary ability, using whatever revolutionary means possible.
Long Live the undying spirit of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu!
ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
MBUYISENI QUINTIN NDLOZI (National Spokesperson)
Cell Number: +27 76 834 7308
Website: http://www.effighters.org.za/
Email: communications@effighters.org.za
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Apology accepted, ANC NWC tells Zuma (Youtube-Clip)
“JOHANNESBURG, 5 April 2016 – The ANC’s extended National Working Committee meeting has resolved to accept the President’s apology. Now it will be up to the party’s branches to either reject or accept this decision” (eNCA, 2016).
Burundian Ambassador Jean Bosco Bareza Speaks Out on Burundi Crisis (Youtube-Clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonkokbxnlA
“The United Nations Security Council has unanimously backed a resolution that lays the groundwork for deploying a UN police presence in Burundi to help calm the violence in the troubled nation. The resolution tasks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with drawing up within 15 days a list of options for the proposed police force, in consultation with the Burundian government and the African Union. NBS’s Solomon Serwanjja spoke to the Burundian ambassador to Uganda, Jean Bosco Bareza about his government’s reaction to the possible deployment of the UN police in Bujjumbura” (NTV Uganda, 2016).
Press Statement: “Impeachment: MPs must put Constitution and South Africa First” (04.04.2016)

Following last week Thursday’s landmark Constitutional Court judgement, Members of Parliament (MPs) have an important opportunity to restore Parliament’s reputation and indeed that of South Africa’s democracy by voting in favour of the motion tomorrow to impeach President Jacob Zuma in terms of Section 89 of the Constitution.
This is the first time in our country’s democratic history that Parliament will vote on a Section 89 motion to remove the President. This is fundamentally different from a motion of no confidence, as it requires one or more of the following grounds to be established:
“(a) a serious violation of the Constitution or the law;
(b) serious misconduct; or
(c) inability to perform the functions of office.”
This motion, if successful, will also mean that President Zuma will not be able to receive the benefits he would have usually received when he leaves office. It is therefore a sanction. This sanction is an important check and balance provided to our Parliament, as the representatives of the people, to stop brazen abuse of power by any President.
All our MPs, regardless of political affiliation, must take this option seriously. When President Zuma violated the Constitution he threatened the very fabric of our constitutional democracy. As the elected representatives of the people, we must stand together and send a message that this will not be tolerated.

To do this is not just a recommendation. It is a requirement of our Constitution. When we were elected to Parliament, we swore an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution. Tomorrow, we must remember that oath and that we serve the South African people, and the Constitution, not Jacob Zuma.
As the DA, we therefore call upon Members of Parliament, representatives of the people of South Africa, on either side of the House, as well as society as a whole, to mobilise to support this motion of impeachment to remove Jacob Zuma from the highest office in the Republic when this matter is before the House tomorrow afternoon.
It is now time to put South Africa and the Constitution first again. Anything less will be an insult to our Constitutional Democracy, which so many people fought and died for.
Democratic Alliance press statement by
Phumzile Van Damme MP
DA National Spokesperson
EFF statement on the police harassment of the CIC Julius Malema (03.04.2016)


