Zuma must fall - but how?

01 April 2015 - 02:55 By The Times Readers

In response to the excellent column by Justice Malala ("President or mob boss", March 30), I would like to ask to what avail he says all South Africans should "scream, shout and otherwise protest" when, by his own clear admission, the president is above the law and the constitution and cannot and will not be held accountable. What recourse do ordinary citizens truly have? Only the ballot box is left to us, and that, too, could be manipulated.Even our sport is clearly being tampered with. South Africa was barred from international sport pre-1994 because of political interference and racial bias. Is not the same thing happening again? Why are international sport bodies not up in arms about this and as outspoken as they were before?Must all South Africans suffer the ignominy of watching all that we hold dear, and what Nelson Mandela envisaged, being crushed because of a political agenda that upholds a political elite, but not the constitution. Charlie Smith, KwaZulu-NatalI refer to Malala's column.I agree that President Jacob Zuma must be stopped from bringing ruin to this country. It can be done, but not by wasting time and money trying to get him impeached. He has packed parliament with sycophants earning huge salaries. How could the DA expect them to vote out their benefactor?Instead, big business should establish and fund a committee to bring a case to the Constitutional Court to rule Zuma unsuitable to be the president. Unlike the DA's impeachment effort, this action is legal, not political. Zuma has not yet corrupted the Constitutional Court. Gatvol 2, by e-mail..

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