Zuma's days of secrecy‚ dishonour and disrespect coming to an end: Maimane

15 April 2016 - 14:25 By TMG Digital

President "Jacob Zuma’s days of secrecy‚ dishonour and disrespect for the people of South African are fast coming to an end‚" Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane told thousands of supporters outside the Constitutional Court. This is CHANGE! ✊#MarchForChangepic.twitter.com/JFOHXRXSSr— Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) April 15, 2016DA"South Africans from all corners are seeing through Zuma's false promises and hollow apologies‚ and his party’s moral bankruptcy‚" Maimane said.PICS: DA supporters 'March for Change'"The African National Congress’s days of placing corrupt individuals ahead of ordinary hard-working South Africans are fast coming to an end."Zuma's words to Parliament on Nkandla from 2012 to 2015The DA's Tshwane mayoral campaign media manager Motheo Mtimkulu estimated that "there are roughly 10 000 people in attendance" at Pieter Roos Park in Johannesburg‚ where marchers gathered for the #MarchForChange.The DA had called for the protest following its "groundbreaking Constitutional Court judgment which found that President Jacob Zuma had violated his oath of office and the constitution".“The DA has committed to various forms of mass mobilisation and protest in order to highlight the importance of the judgment and the ANC’s refusal to remove a President who does not care about the Constitution and the people of South Africa‚” it said in a statement on Wednesday.“In order for South Africa’s constitutional democracy to survive and thrive‚ Zuma can no longer occupy the Presidency.“We encourage all South Africans who believe in change and the future of South Africa to join the march to the Constitutional Court‚” the party added...

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