The public criticism from ANC officials and supporters came a day before opposition parties and civil rights groups plan to hold demonstrations in Pretoria, the capital, to pressure Zuma to resign.
The campaign also seeks to raise awareness among South Africans of Mr Zuma's negative impact on the country's ailing economy, which was dealt another blow two weeks ago when he fired respected minister for finance Pravin Gordhan. "I can't see how anyone cannot see that he is critically destructive", said Maguire, who said she had no party affiliation, while on a Pretoria bound train from Johannesburg.
President Jacob Zuma's birthday wish is a better life for all‚ he said on Wednesday. Attempts to get comment from the Presidency have gone unanswered, but the president will most likely not be there as he is expected to join members of the ANC in Kliptown, Johannesburg, to celebrate his birthday.
The ruling African National Congress party, which has a majority in parliament, has rejected calls for Zuma to step down and said it will vote against the no-confidence motion.
EFF leader Julius Malema started his speech at the Union Buildings in Pretoria by praising leaders of the opposition for organising a peaceful march.
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa clocks 75. Veterans of the party, including all those jailed with Nelson Mandela who are still alive, called for a national conference to discuss South Africa's worst political crisis in a decade.
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On Monday, Zuma said many white demonstrators calling for his resignation are racist. Rather, it was about South Africa and the mobilisation of the citizens. Participants from a range of South Africa's opposition parties, including some with major ideological differences, chanted in unison: "Zuma must go".
"Apartheid was brought down by a united front", Floyd Shivambu, deputy president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, told the roaring crowd.
"We only need 65-70 people from the ANC, and the secret ballot can deliver the votes to remove Zuma", Bantu Holomisa, head of the smaller United Democratic Movement (UDM), told Reuters. "We are going to all big cities in the country and KZN‚" Malema said. The reshuffle triggered several ratings agencies to downgrade South Africa's credit rating to junk status, making it harder for the country to borrow money on global markets.
The South African parliament will debate a motion of no confidence against Zuma next Tuesday.
In a statement past year, Democratic Alliance leaders said Malema's "radical and hateful statements" have "sought to divide South Africa".
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