President Jacob Zuma has to give reasons in the high court in Pretoria today for firing five ministers in a midnight reshuffle of his cabinet on March 31 which caused consternation and anger among many South Africans.
He will also appear in Parliament for the first time since that reshuffle.
The DA took Zuma to the high court, calling for him to explain his decision. The official opposition wants his record of decision, and who he consulted when he decided to change his ministers.
They believe he acted improperly when he changed his cabinet and are calling for him to give details about his decision.
The cabinet reshuffle led to unprecedented shows of dissatisfaction with Zuma’s leadership of the country, with opposition politicians and civil society organisations alike taking to the streets to express their frustration.
Opposition parties led marches to Pretoria's Union Buildings against Zuma and also protested outside the National Treasury, warning that it was in the throes of being captured.
In addition to arguing his case in court, through his lawyers, Zuma will also face MPs for the first since that decision two months ago.
Zuma is going to table his department's Budget vote speech in Parliament on Wednesday and will reply the following day.
But he is expected to get a hostile reception from the opposition, who want him to quit after the scandals that have rocked his tenure as president.
The latest e-mail scandal, reported in the weekend papers, points strongly to the Guptas running key areas of the state. It has again put Zuma at odds with the opposition, who are promising to launch further legal action against him.
The DA and EFF have complained that they have lodged several cases against Zuma, ranging from the exorbitant cost of renovations to his Nkandla home to the State of Capture Report compiled by former public protector Thuli Madonsela, but that no progress has been made in the investigations by the authorities.
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) and a group of academics have also released their own reports on alleged corruption between Zuma and the Guptas. The SACC has called on the ANC to act against Zuma.
This is the same call made by the opposition parties in Parliament.
However, they will face Zuma for the first time since the calls for him to go widened and more scandals started coming out.
Zuma’s axing of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister was one of the major issues that split the ANC and resulted in Cosatu and the SACP calling for him to go.
Cosatu has gone as far as banning him from speaking at its gatherings.