The ruling ANC wanted the Jacob Zuma's MK Party deregistered as a political party, ahead of the national elections in May.
A man wearing a uMkhonto weSizwe Party shirt attends the Shekinah Healing Ministries Prophetic Pillowcase service where former South African president Jacob Zuma was present, in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on 10 March 2024 Image: Gianluigi Guercia/AFPA man wearing a uMkhonto weSizwe Party shirt attends the Shekinah Healing Ministries Prophetic Pillowcase service where former South African president Jacob Zuma was present, in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on 10 March 2024 Image: Gianluigi...
In handing down the judgment, the court said the deregistration of the MK Party now would not give the party enough time to register again. “If the ANC’s application is granted it will be too late for the MK to register as a party,” the court said. “The ANC should have objected to MK Party’s registration within the first 14 days of the publication of the notice of MK registration,” the court added.in Bloemfontein last Tuesday, 19 March, over the electoral body’s registration and inclusion of the MK Party on the 29 May 2024 ballot.was registered as a political party in August 2023 after initially getting rebuffed by the IEC over allegedly dodgy signatures.
MK Party has prevailed over ANC as the Electoral Court ruled that its registration as a political party is above board. Jabulani Khumalo tellsHONOR dominates the foldable and AI race, debuting its Magic V2 and Magic6 Pro in SA.
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