Current location:politics >>
Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?
politics1489People have gathered around
IntroductionJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was barred Monday from running for Par ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was barred Monday from running for Parliament in next week’s national election over a previous criminal conviction, the latest twist in his return to politics.
The decision by the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, may still be appealed. It ruled that Zuma is only eligible to serve as a lawmaker five years after his 2021 sentence for contempt of court was completed.
Zuma is now the leader of a new party, uMkhonto weSizwe Party, and is campaigning against the long-ruling African National Congress he once led.
Analysts say the ANC, which has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela became the country’s first Black president in 1994, might receive less than 50% of votes in next Wednesday’s election and lose its parliamentary majority.
That would be the ANC’s worst electoral performance since it came into power in South Africa at the end of apartheid.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Culture Chronicles news portal”。http://djibouti.carpetcleaningepping.com/news-50b998959.html
Related articles
Four people killed in a house explosion in southwestern Missouri
politicsGOODHOPE, Mo. (AP) — Four people in rural Missouri died when an explosion that could be heard 10 mil ...
【politics】
Read moreBritain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
politicsBritain has a new sports car. But it's not like anything else you've seen on the road before.Callum, ...
【politics】
Read moreNuggets blow 20
politicsDENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets couldn’t quiet an epic second-half comeback by Minnesota or the noi ...
【politics】
Read more
Popular articles
- Siblings trying to make US water polo teams for Paris Olympics
- Burglar hurled stolen mobile phones at police from the top of 60ft high roof during nine
- Siblings trying to make US water polo teams for Paris Olympics
- Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
- Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants
- Justin Timberlake set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia in 2025
Latest articles
Brazil replaces injured goalkeeper Ederson in Copa America squad
Company wins court ruling to continue development of Michigan factory serving EV industry
Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
Young Boys seals 6th Swiss soccer league title in 7 years after rallying from firing coach Wicky
Kosovo prepares a new draft law on renting prison cells to Denmark after the first proposal failed
LINKS
- Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
- The truth about 'fake meat' and why Martin Freeman was right about ultra
- Imperial Chinese wine jar stolen from Belgian museum
- I'm a flight attendant
- Should you really pay as much as possible into your pension? SIMON LAMBERT
- Liberia passes a law setting up a long
- Fraudster ex
- Russian state media is posting more on TikTok ahead of the U.S. presidential election, study says
- Burg Chinese Chorus celebrates 10th anniversary with concert in Germany
- Three signs Princess Charlotte's birthday portrait, taken by Kate Middleton, was not retouched