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South Africa’s apex court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run for parliament in next week’s critical general election.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Zulu: [geɮʱejiɬeˈkisa ˈzʱuma]; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi .
Zuma again declined to oppose the application, though he released a public statement hours after the hearing in which he complained about "the emergence of a judicial dictatorship in South Africa". [26] Zuma wrote: We have in South Africa today the gradual entrenchment of the counter-majoritarian problem. Unfortunately, when people rise up ...
Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified Monday from standing in a national election next week because of a previous criminal conviction, a decision by the country's highest ...
The incumbent President of South Africa was Jacob Zuma who was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2014. Politically, South Africa has held municipal elections in 2016 . The political party with the majority in most municipalities in 2016 South Africa is the African National Congress , however, the Democratic Alliance managed to gain ...
Six years after South Africa's scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma was pushed out of office, he is backing a new party against his longtime political home the African National Congress ...
20 May – The Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that former President Jacob Zuma is ineligible to run in the upcoming parliamentary election due to his 2021 jail sentence. [ 12 ] 29 May – 2024 South African general election : The African National Congress loses its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since 1994 ...
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 ...