Anti-Zuma protests build momentum as opposition parties call for another march
Opposition parties are organising a National Day of Action to be held on Wednesday.
Protesters hold placards as they join a mass protest calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down, 7 April 2017, in Johannesburg. President Zuma is facing growing backlash against his recent government reshuffle and axing of the finance minister. Picture: Michel Bega
Protest action aimed at putting pressure on Jacob Zuma to step down as president is mounting after thousands of South Africans took to the streets on Friday in anti-Zuma marches and pickets.
Opposition parties are reportedly organising a National Day of Action in which they will march from Church Square in Pretoria at noon on Wednesday to the Union Buildings in a bid for President Jacob Zuma to be removed from office.
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This is according to a report by TimesLive, which said that the parties involved include the Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters, Inkatha Freedom Party, Congress of the People, African Christian Democratic Party, African People’s Convention and United Democratic Movement.
The parties reportedly pointed to Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle of finance ministers over the past three years, saying that it had resulted in international ratings agencies downgrading the country. They criticised how the reshuffle “protected and rewarded incompetent ministers”, pointing to Faith Muthambi and Bathabile Dlamini specifically. They further reminded that the Constitutional Court had found Zuma had “acted illegally‚ unlawfully and failed to uphold‚ defend‚ and respect the Constitution in that he disregarded the Public Protector’s remedial action on the Nkandla corruption”, as quoted from the TimesLive report.
Wednesday’s march will follow the day of national protest action on Friday. See some of the tweets from the day here:
This was Mary Fitzgerald Square!
Thank you so much to each & every South African that came out. You are beautiful! #MarchforChange 🇿🇦☝️ pic.twitter.com/Jzrs8zbr9t
— Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) April 7, 2017
Image from the #AntiZumaMarches outside Parliament in Cape Town. #Zuma #antizuma #CapeTown #protest #march @cnbcafrica @forbesafrica pic.twitter.com/XP7Y1ZXubo
— Jay Caboz (@JayCaboz) April 7, 2017
Thousands of Capetonians March up Roeland Street in the AntiZuma protesters @WeekendArgus @IOL https://t.co/uiA4JKAVLZ pic.twitter.com/4UEpT8D5Wc
— Asanda Sokanyile (@masoki23) April 7, 2017
Thousands of Capetonians March up Roeland Street in the AntiZuma protesters @WeekendArgus @IOL https://t.co/uiA4JKAVLZ pic.twitter.com/4UEpT8D5Wc
— Asanda Sokanyile (@masoki23) April 7, 2017
Anti-Zuma march in Main Road Knysna https://t.co/jUTzKBVFN0 pic.twitter.com/Zos1ffEO5d
— Knysna-Plett Herald (@KnysnaPlett) April 7, 2017
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