As political opposition parties and civil society unite in calls for president Jacob Zuma to resign‚ their voices have been joined by popular Afrikaans musician Karlien Van Jaarsveld. The Afrikaans pop star has become the latest‚ and perhaps most vocal‚ celebrity to speak out in the debate that has captured the nation.As citizens across the country take to social media to debate whether president Zuma should resign in the wake of the constitutional court ruling last week‚ Van Jaarsveld took to her own social media profile on Thursday morning to offer a prayer for the nation‚ calling on people and God to help remove Zuma and his “corrupt government”.“I would like to appeal to our people‚ to children of our almighty God. When it was so dry in our country we all gathered and packed stadiums to pray to our God for rain and God answered. Virtually all of our country’s people were jubilant at the rain shower. Can we please now do the same and come together in masses‚ and to our God‚ call for a miraculous intervention‚” she wrote.“Where the ANC today and tomorrow meet‚ may God help us‚ that Zuma and his corrupt government will resign and God's people‚ according to his standards‚ will rule. Please people‚ God heard our cry over rain why would he now ignore our cries for justice?”.Suggesting that recent political events have left “our country and its people's progress and lives on the line‚” she called on God to “save our country please!”(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Ek wil graag n beroep doen op ons volk...op Kinders van Ons Almagtige God: Toe dit so droog was in ons land het daar... Posted by Karlien van Jaarsveld on Wednesday, April 6, 2016Van Jaarsveld's post comes in a week when President Zuma survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence against him‚ and when several prominent members of civil society met on the steps of the Constitutional Court to demand his resignation from office.Numerous other high-profile celebrities including Maps Maponyane and Steve Hoffmeyr have also given their opinions on the state of affairs that has gripped the nation. We won't get 100 MP's to impeach Zuma. We don't even have Pikitup to salvage what's left of us and the ANC's reputation. — Steve Hofmeyr (@steve_hofmeyr) April 5, 2016async The political issue is far beyond & far bigger than Pres. Jacob Zuma, it's about what's best for the country, & I think we know what isn't.— Maps Maponyane (@MapsMaponyane) April 5, 2016async Zuma be like #ZumaImpeachmentpic.twitter.com/6kZ0ObBrWQ— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) April 5, 2016sync ..