Current location:Earth Echo news portal > world
Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?
Earth Echo news portal2024-05-21 12:14:36【world】1People 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.
Address of this article:http://ghana.campingcolorado.net/article-94a199716.html
Very good!(6)
Related articles
- Ricky Stenhouse punching Kyle Busch could lead to suspension
- Week in Politics: Government's year starts with a problem
- Rātana celebrations begin, discussions from Hui aa Motu expected to continue
- Doubt surrounds chances of carbon credits auction selling out
- Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
- BNP Paribas focuses on offshore investor demand for NZX
- Pakistan ex
- Finance Minister Nicola Willis attending Waitangi commemorations, Iwi Chairs Forum
- 'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
- Calls to get e
Popular articles
Recommended
Not so Cool Britannia! Noel Gallagher gives damning verdict on Keir Starmer
New law to give police, courts greater powers in gang crackdown
Chinese satellite launch sparks 'missile' fears in Taiwan
Sinead O'Connor died of natural causes, London coroner says
Four people killed in a house explosion in southwestern Missouri
EDITORIAL: Plan needed so no quake victims will ever be left behind again
French PM Élisabeth Borne resigns ahead of expected reshuffle
One in five migratory species at risk of extinction
Links
- China strives to build stronger rural tourism
- Swans pictured at lake in Shandong
- People visit ancient city of Patara in Turkey
- People go outside to enjoy scenery of flowers in many parts of China
- Xi Extends Congratulations to Yunnan University on Centenary Anniversary
- Acrobatic rendition of The Swan Lake staged in Fuzhou
- Zoom in on beautiful Fenghuang Town
- Wintersweet flowers seen in Xi'an, northwest China
- Acrobatic rendition of The Swan Lake staged in Fuzhou
- International contemporary art fair held in Ankara