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Africa- Lindiwe Mazibuko, the parliamentary leader of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance, vowed to table a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma.
Speaking in Parliament during a debate on Zuma's state-of-the-nation address, Mazibuko told MPs she wanted to deliver a very clear message on the Nkandla "scandal’’ which involved spending over 20.6 million dollars of public money on his rural home.
“I want to use this opportunity to send a very clear message to our honourable members, that should the honourable president be involved in any wrong doing in the public protector's report on the Nkandla scandal, I will not hesitate to table a motion to impeach him in this house.’’
She added that South Africa ``cannot afford another five years of President Zuma's administration”.
The public protector’s report on Nkandla is set to be released on March 1.
Congress of the people's leader, Mosiuoa Lekota, sang a similar tune when he took the podium, saying the country regretted that former president Thabo Mbeki was forced out of office.
And Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said Zuma and his administration had reversed the gains made by both Mbeki and his predecessor, Nelson Mandela.
Buthelezi remarked: ``Twenty years ago, words like 'rainbow nation', 'miracle transition', 'freedom', and 'reconciliation' filled the public discourse.
“Under your leadership, Mr President, those words have become 'scandal', 'protest' and 'corruption'.”
Speaking in Parliament during a debate on Zuma's state-of-the-nation address, Mazibuko told MPs she wanted to deliver a very clear message on the Nkandla "scandal’’ which involved spending over 20.6 million dollars of public money on his rural home.
“I want to use this opportunity to send a very clear message to our honourable members, that should the honourable president be involved in any wrong doing in the public protector's report on the Nkandla scandal, I will not hesitate to table a motion to impeach him in this house.’’
She added that South Africa ``cannot afford another five years of President Zuma's administration”.
The public protector’s report on Nkandla is set to be released on March 1.
Congress of the people's leader, Mosiuoa Lekota, sang a similar tune when he took the podium, saying the country regretted that former president Thabo Mbeki was forced out of office.
And Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said Zuma and his administration had reversed the gains made by both Mbeki and his predecessor, Nelson Mandela.
Buthelezi remarked: ``Twenty years ago, words like 'rainbow nation', 'miracle transition', 'freedom', and 'reconciliation' filled the public discourse.
“Under your leadership, Mr President, those words have become 'scandal', 'protest' and 'corruption'.”
