The march to Union Buildings, the official seat of government, was organised by a coalition of opposition parties following nationwide rallies against Zuma last week. President Zuma has received support from senior ANC leaders as well as Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini at the celebration, despite growing calls for him to step down. As Peter Granitz reports from Pretoria, pressure is mounting on the president from both outside and inside his party.
Opposition parties, including the centrist Democratic Alliance and left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have united around a common motto: Zuma Must Fall.
"If not wanting Zuma is racist‚ then we are proud racists‚" EFF leader Julius Malema told an tens of thousands of marchers at the Union Buildings. "If they don't deliver, they aren't doing their jobs", The Times quoted Zuma as saying.
Zuma, seen here on April 1, has come under intense criticism since firing his finance minister last month.
Banks have been preparing for the downgrades, and even Gordhan's removal, since Zuma roiled markets when he fired former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in December 2015, said Neelash Hansjee, banks analyst at Old Mutual in Cape Town. Some top ruling party leaders openly criticized the decision.
Zuma spent 10 years in the same Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela was held, but his anti-apartheid record has been overshadowed by scandals, including the spending of millions of dollars in state funds on his private home.
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"We need to make progress in black economic empowerment to promote true economic freedom", Zuma said.
The wave of protests comes on the back of a pending motion of no confidence debate against Zuma in the National Assembly, with opposition parties calling for ANC MPs to vote with their conscience and not according to the party line. Opponents described the remark was an affront to legitimate protest.
Ndima and Manganye said although there has been action through their engagements with the party, the group was not happy with the progress made in getting Zuma to resign as the country and party's president.
The opposition parties didn't vote for the ANC in 2014, but it still won the elections with more than 11 million voters, Zuma said.
"He (Mr Zuma) is facing more than 700 corruption charges, but he has survived a rape trial and a number of no confidence votes in parliament".
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