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Cape Town – After nearly two years in the making, the opposition motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma saw him labelled a thief and a feckless runaway leader but was defeated with ease by the ruling party.
The vote, delayed by a quarter of an hour because the electronic ballot system broke down, was 221 to 113 against the motion, with eight members of the National Assembly abstaining.
The opposition used the technical problem to propose that the chamber proceed with an open, manual vote - daring ruling party MPs to openly defy the president.
