Keeping it secret
Who would envy National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete? She thought a simple “no” to Bantu Holomisa would settle the issue of a secret vote in the upcoming no-confidence vote on President Jacob Zuma. Now the ball is back in her court, and either way she seems set to lose. Perhaps she will ask the ANC’s top brass for direction, or will it be to Zuma himself that she looks for an answer?