“It is him, us and the white shirts”, Mr Malema said of the event, to be held next Thursday.
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On the upcoming State of Nation (SONA) address, due to be delivered by Zuma on 11 February, Malema said the President should tell South Africans why he fired former finance minister, Nhlanhla Nene, before he proceeds with his speech.
However, the Constitutional Court responded on Wednesday saying it was up to the parties to decide on the settlement.
Malema said since Zuma had flouted the office of the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela and her powers‚ the institution was no longer respected as before.
“After the judgment by the SCA [Supreme Court of Appeal] in the [Hlaudi] Motsoeneng matter relating to the power and force of the Public Protector’s remedial action and the fact that a parallel process was found to be unlawful, the parallels in this case was clear for all to see”, Selfe told ANA, before going into a meeting with the DA’s legal team.
Also the EFF and the Democratic Alliance have taken the matter to the Constitutional Court, with a hearing set for next Tuesday.
This came after Zuma offered a solution to the dispute over the scandal in which Zuma is accused of allowing the abuse of public funds worth 245 million rand (about 15 million US dollars at current rate) in the security upgrades of his private home in Nkandal, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
But Malema said the judiciary had always rejected “ANC control”. Zuma was prepared to pay for the visitors’ centre, the amphitheatre, the cattle kraal, chicken run and the swimming pool.
“We can not guarantee the safety of Gupta employees at our events … we are warning you peacefully here, brothers and sisters”.
Malema said the Guptas were as bad as the cartel and mafia and that they were the protectors of corruption (through the media).
Addressing the reporters from The New Age and ANN7, Malema cautioned them to “move out the way”.
The Guptas are said to have a close relationship with President Jacob Zuma and other highly placed ANC leaders.
Malema said the Gupta’s would be dealt with the same way apartheid was.
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