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South Africa top court okays secret ballots in Zuma vote, opposition celebrates
The Constitutional Court in South Africa has ruled that the Speaker of Parliament could decide if a no confidence vote against embattled leader, Jacob Zuma, could be held through secret ballots. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ruled that Speaker Baleka Mbete had the ‘necessary latitude to call for such a vote.’ Mbete – a leading member…