Cape Town - ANC President Jacob Zuma was described as being in a jovial mood ahead of a motion of no confidence.
With just hours before the debate is scheduled to take place in the National Assembly, ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa says party leaders are confident the 8th motion against Zuma will fail, like the others before it .
Zizi Kodwa says enemies of @MYANC shouldn't push it into a corner because when it bites, it bites hard #zumavote @IOL @WeekendArgus pic.twitter.com/4k5L81le9z
— Tshego Lepule (@tshegofatsang) August 8, 2017
Zizi was speaking to IOL just minutes after the party had concluded it’s caucus to cement the party's position ahead of the vote which will take place in a form of a secret ballot.
Kodwa concludes by accusing opposition parties of trying to collapse a democratically elected president #zumavote @IOL @WeekendArgus pic.twitter.com/rng14h4sIz
— Tshego Lepule (@tshegofatsang) August 8, 2017
“He (Zuma) is jovial like the rest of us, He was in the caucus which was addressed by the Secretary General of the ANC,” He said.
Supporters of Preident Zuma gathered on the Grand Parade in Cape Town. Picture: Robin Adams
“We are all in a jovial mood, this is but one day where the ANC is being tested and you don’t want to test the ANC and back it into a corner just because you think in the public domain the ANC does not appear united.”