Note: The first time this list was published, it included 12 people. That has now been updated to 14.

While Jacob Zuma insists that he is still waiting for people to tell him what he did wrong, a number of high profile people have called for him to quite while he’s ahead. Here’s a list of some of the big names who have made that call.

1. Winnie Mandela

Last year, Ma Winnie was quoted by The Telegraph as saying: “We cannot pretend we do not have problems, we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. The kind of introspection we need will need a whole layer of fresh leadership combined with the elders who are still left in the organisation to revisit what has happened since 1994, go through all the stages of the various presidents and find out, where did we go so wrong?”

1. Trevor Noah

Yeah, yeah, Trevor Noah is a comedian but he is South Africa’s most famous comedian and holds a pretty influential role in the news world. If you missed Noah having a go at JZ, watch it here.

1. Trevor Manuel

Hey, now, we’re not saying there’s a conspiracy with Trevors or anything… jokes. Last year, at around the same time as Noah called for Zuma to step aside, Mr. Manuel did exactly the same.

1. Mmusi Maimane

Okay, you’re not really surprised that the leader of opposition called for the president to step down on more than one occasion, are you?

1. Advocate George Bizos

Advocate George Bizos was a good friend of former President Nelson Mandela and was a lawyer at the Rivonia Trial. He called for Zuma to step down in April last year saying that there’s no way Zuma could have been “ignorant” over Nkandla.

1. Ahmed Kathrada and Barbara Hogan

   

Like many struggle vets, Ahmed Kathrada eventually broke his silence over JZ, writing a letter calling for him to step down in April last year. He ended the letter with this: To paraphrase the famous MK slogan of the time, “There comes a time in the life of every nation when it must chose to submit or fight”. Today I appeal to our President to submit to the will of the people and resign.

Uncle Kathy passed away since we first published this article, but that letter he wrote has been quoted time and time again at his funeral and his memorial service. His widow, Barbara Hogan, delivered a powerful speech repeating the call. If you’ve not seen it, watch it here.

1. Sipho Pityana

He has been critical of the current ANC leadership for quite some time now. He is part of the so-called Save South Africa campaign and in February this year said that Zuma’s leadership has “set the country back many years”.

1. Basically the entire Economic Freedom Front parly representation

   

Ja, no, look… the EFF has been a necessary irritant in parliament and we have them to thank for a lot. A recent gem was The People’s Bae calling Zuma a “constitutional delinquent” during the 2017 State of the Nation address.

1. Desmond Tutu

Everyone’s favourite arch has been a strong critic of the ANC under Zuma’s leadership and has previously said the Zuma regime “does not represent him”. Last year, he called the government “worse than the apartheid government” because “at least you were expecting it with the apartheid government”.

1. Mpho Tutu

Like father like daughter. “We chose our leaders and we can send them away,” Tutu said at a rally in 2015 following the Nenegate scandal.

1. Barbara Hogan

Former minister of public enterprise Barbara Hogan, who served in Zuma’s cabinet, first called for the president to step down in 2015 and then joined Save South Africa in its calls for the same last year.

1. Zwelinzima Vavi

Former leader of Cosatu has been very critical of the president and has called for him step down on a number of occasions. Last year, he said: “In my view the rot has gone too deep, too wide. The entire leadership is responsible. Those who lined up themselves in a press conference to scapegoat the public servants should take responsibility for the mess we find ourselves in and step aside.”

13. Makhosi Khoza

Makhosi Khoza has remained defiant in the face of death threats. So much so that on Mandela Day 2017, she had some strong words for Jacob Zuma and called for him to go.

14. Pravin Gordhan

Also on Mandela Day 2017, Pravin Gordhan made his first public call for Jacob Zuma to step aside. Gordhan has been outspoken about state capture since he was ousted as Finance Minister and he has called for the public to take action, but it wasn’t until 18 July 2017 that he publicly said that he wants Zuma out.

And the rest: Struggle veterans Denis Goldberg, Cheryl Carolus and  former SARS deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay are also amongst some of the big names who have called for Zuma to step down in recent months. Cyril Ramaphosa has, on a number of occasions, hinted at the same thing without mentioning Zuma by name.

The SACP as well as Cosatu recently joined calls following the cabinet reshuffle.