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Opposition Parties Call for No Confidence Vote in Ramaphosa's Cabinet

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  • DA leader Steenhuisen says his party will table a no-confidence motion in the cabinet to assist Ramaphosa in firing various individuals at yesterday’s SONA Q&A session in Parliament. Several other parties expressed support for the motion.
    • EFF’s Malema also slammed the president’s inaction, saying that nothing had come of his ‘new dawn’ and that he should not pursue a second term – SABC news
  • Standing Committee on Public Accounts (scopa) to deliberate on leaked audio of Ramaphosa speaking about the use of state funds for political activities.
    • Ramaphosa said he was open to Scopa investigating the incident, but noted full context was needed in assessing the situation - EWN
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