Jan 29, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the ruling ANC party. This is a consequence of the increasing conflict between ANC and Zuma, who says he supports the MK party. The ANC wants to file a lawsuit against that new party.
There has been growing division within the ANC, which has been in power in South Africa for thirty years without a break. In 1994, the party won the first elections with Nelson Mandela after the abolition of Apartheid. This year’s elections could mark the first time since then that the ANC is unable to win a majority in parliament.
Zuma was president of South Africa on behalf of the party between 2009 and 2018. He resigned after a series of corruption accusations and was even jailed for refusing to cooperate with an investigation. Riots broke out after his incarceration and after two months he was released for medical reasons.
Zuma said in December that he would not vote for the ruling party in the next elections, but for uMkhonto We Sizwe (MK). That means ‘spear of the nation’ and is the name of the former armed branch of the ANC that was active during Apartheid.
The ANC now says it wants to challenge MK’s registration and wants to legally protect the name.
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