PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet will face a no-confidence motion at the end of March, National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed the date on Thursday.
On March 30, the National Assembly will also debate his cabinet’s fitness.
The DA tabled the motion in February following his State of the Nation Address.
Mapisa-Nqakula said members of Parliament will vote in an open ballot.
“Both motions will be voted openly, on the 30th of March when we conduct these motions voting will be open, which will make things easy for our chief whips and for all parties,” said Mapisa-Nqakula.
“I have granted the ATM reasons why I believe that it would be in the interest of transparency and our democracy in Parliament that we exercise this freedom openly.”
The ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said the majority party is happy with an open ballot.
“I don’t remember us using secret vote
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