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Vote of no confidence: Speaker of Parliament rejects DA call for secret ballot on Ramaphosa Cabinet | News24

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has shot down a request by the DA for a secret ballot procedure during the motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet.

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