Former president Jacob Zuma has filed an appeal against a decision by electoral officials barring him from running in the 29 May elections.
The electoral commission last week excluded the 81-year-old politician, who is campaigning for a new opposition party, over a 2021 contempt of court conviction.
“ was not an accused, he was not charged of an offence by a criminal court, he was not involved in any criminal trial proceedings”. Among the groups that seek to capitalise on the ANC’s weakness is Jacob Zuma’s new uMkhonto we Sizwe party.
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