Testing Times Ahead For President Cyril Ramaphosa as Vote of No Confidence Looms

CYRIL Ramaphosa faces his first vote of no confidence since he succeeded his predecessor, former president Jacob Zuma, in 2018.

This follows the authorization of a vote of no-confidence against him in the National Assembly by the Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise.

The motion, to be held on Thursday, was brought by the African Transformation Movement (ATM).

The party has only two seats in the 400-member National Assembly, meaning the motion has a little chance of succeeding.

The motion of no-confidence by the ATM was also dealt a blow after Modise turned down the party’s request to have the vote in a secret ballot.

Modise said there would be an open ballot as the ATM has not offered any evidence of a highly charged atmosphere of any members in the motivation for their request.

On Friday, Parliamentary spokesperson Moloto Mothapo further confirmed that the motion would be debated and voted