South Africa: Constitutional Court reserves judgement impeaching Jacob Zuma

A constitutional court in South Africa has reserved judgment in an application brought by opposition parties for the impeachment of President Jacob Zuma.

This follows the court’s ruling last year that Zuma had failed to uphold the Constitution by not implementing remedial actions of the public protector in the Nkandla saga.

The democratic alliance, economic freedom front, congress of the people and the united democratic movement want the court to order national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete to take disciplinary steps against the president

However, Ngwako Maenetje, who represented the national assembly speaker, argued that the national assembly took some form of action following the judgment.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says, it appears there had been poor communication between the parties in resolving the matter using rules of Parliament.