South Africa’s highest court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to run for Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction
Veteran fighters parade as they wait for former South African President Jacob Zuma to arrive at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May.
The case over whether that sentence disqualified Zuma from next Wednesday's election came about because he had no option to appeal the ruling by the apex court that sent him to prison. The Constitutional Court overturned that on Monday. It said Zuma is not allowed to run for Parliament for five years from when his sentence was completed.
The election is expected to be the toughest test for the ANC, which has been in government for 30 years since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule. The ruling party is in danger of losing its majority for the first time, which would likely force Africa's most advanced economy into a national coalition government for the first time.
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