JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s third biggest political party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, has filed legal papers seeking to halt the first sitting of Parliament scheduled for Friday to elect the country’s president. Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party has said none of its 58 newly elected lawmakers will attend the sitting. The party earlier […]
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Behind the ‘Zuma tsunami’ in South Africa
Elected, accused of corruption – fired, accused of rape – acquitted, elected president, accused of corruption again – denied again, ousted, imprisoned for contempt of court – freed, barred from becoming an MP. For most politicians almost any of these punches would have proved fatal to their career, but not for South Africa’s Jacob Zuma. […]
Former South Africa leader Zuma threatens legal action over allegations of election irregularities
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Jacob Zuma threatened Saturday to take legal action seeking to stop the announcement of South Africa’s election results as scheduled Sunday, demanding that allegations of vote-rigging made by his party be addressed first. Zuma spoke after his party announced that it was seeking a re-run of the elections, saying it […]
Former South African president Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday criticized the country’s highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next week’s election and said he would fight for his rights “in a disciplined way.” Zuma’s comments came in a video message […]
Zuma lashes out at judges after election ban
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has said the country’s constitution must be changed after he was barred from running for parliament on Monday. In his first interview since the ban, Mr Zuma told the BBC the Constitutional Court was wrong to decide he was unfit to run, based on his 2021 conviction for contempt […]
South Africa’s Top Court Blocks Zuma From Contesting Election
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court barred Jacob Zuma from running for parliament, but that will do little to disrupt the former president’s bid to shake up next week’s election in the continent’s most industrialized economy where his upstart party remains the biggest wildcard. Most Read from Bloomberg The country’s top court disqualified the 82-year-old […]
Top court bars former president Zuma from South African election
South Africa’s highest court ruled on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma cannot stand as a candidate in next week’s general election on the grounds that a 2021 conviction for contempt of court has disqualified him. The Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma’s sentence of more than 12 months in prison had made him ineligible to […]
South Africa’s top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker
South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in […]
Court rules former South African leader Jacob Zuma cannot stand in election
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma is not allowed to stand as a candidate for parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction. The constitutional court’s decision will likely increase political tensions ahead of the pivotal vote. The court said that a section of the […]
South Africa’s top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s highest court ruled Monday that former President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to stand as a candidate for Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction, a decision that’s likely to increase political tensions ahead of a pivotal vote. The Constitutional Court […]
Zuma takes election battle cry to ANC’s heartland
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma put on a show of strength in the historic township of Soweto as he campaigned for votes in the build-up to the 29 May general election. Zulu warriors marched around Orlando Stadium with their spears and shields, men in camouflage sang and danced to revolutionary songs, while some of […]
Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political party’s manifesto ahead of the country’s much anticipated elections. He told thousands of supporters who gathered at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg […]