Ok sure, those within the ANC — and particularly those outside — failed to pass yet another vote off no confidence by the NEC the weekend past; but fear not, Julius Malema’s second round with Zuma is just around the corner.

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The Constitutional Court is scheduled to hear the EFF’s impeachment bid on September 5, just a few months before Zuma is due to step down as ANC president — but not state president — and you can bet the opposition will show up with a glistening arsenal.

Shortly after the full — for now — extent of Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla scandal came to light, the EFF dragged speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete to court for not doing her job in holding Zuma to account. At the same time, the Concourt ruled that Zuma had not upheld his oath as president when he disregarded the corrective measures set out for him by then Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.

The EFF will have the opportunity in September to make their case as to why the president should yet again be dragged back to the ConCourt — one of the few establishments in SA still doing its job –, but the red berets’ case won’t be the only one pulling Zuma back into the judiciary’s sight.

Later this year Zuma will also head to court to make his case for putting yet another Public Protector report, this time on state capture, under judicial review. This will be the second time the president refused to accept the constitutional mandate of the chapter nine institution.

Read: State capture showdown, Zuma prepares to challenge Madonsela’s report

Should the EFF succeed in impeaching Zuma, the repercussions for the president will be far more severe than a vote of no confidence or resignation. Zuma will be disgraced and immediately dismissed without so much as a pension from the South African government… and the judiciary will oversee the instalment of his replacement.

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Additionally, the National Assembly is still set to hold its own vote of no confidence in the president, as soon as the ConCourt has ruled whether a secret ballot could be used in the vote.