Malema says secret ballot will see Zuma ousted

EFF leader Julius Malema says if the Constitutional Court rules in favour of a secret motion of no confidence vote against the president, his previous supporters will vote against him. Malema was speaking after the court reserved judgment in the UDM's application to force Speaker Baleka Mbete to grant a secret ballot in the vote. The court heard arguments from several political parties - including the EFF, IFP and COPE - as well as various friends of the court and the councils for Zuma and Mbete. Malema told reporters outside the court that work is being done to ensure ANC MPs vote with their conscience during the motion.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, who brought the application, said he felt vindicated after Mbete and Zuma’s counsels, Marumo Moerane and Ishmael Semenya, conceded that Mbete had an obligation to set the secret ballot motion.