Save South Africa campaign not part of ‘Freedom Movement’

The Save South Africa campaign says it is not part of the “Freedom Movement” launched by the Democratic Alliance and others in Johannesburg on Thursday and that it distances itself from the initiative.

"We are committed to engaging with formations that share our objectives‚ and acknowledge the many initiatives by all sectors that share the same core objective of ending state capture and forcing the President to step down.

• Broad-based movement formed to remove Zuma from officeA coalition of civil society organisations‚ political parties‚ trade unions and religious groupings have announced the formation of a broad-based movement designed to remove President Jacob Zuma from office. 

"We do not‚ however‚ regard political parties as part of civil society and believe that authentic civil society movements should not involve political parties in any shape or form. Organised civil society has a specific role to play‚ which is quite different from that of political parties‚” Save South Africa said in a statement.

• UDM says Mbete 'unduly raising alarm' with no confidence sagaThe United Democratic Movement (UDM) has accused the Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete of “unduly raising public alarm” in her opposition to its court application to have a motion of no confidence in the president decided by way of a secret ballot. 

It said it was independent and did not align itself to any political party.

“Our initiatives have enjoyed support across many political parties‚ and we want to maintain that position.”