Former South African President Jacob Zuma has criticized the country’s highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next week’s election.
Veteran fighters parade as they wait for former South African President Jacob Zuma to arrive at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May.
But his criticism of the highest court could still be seen as concerning for many South Africans who hold dearly their constitution, which guaranteed the freedom and rights of people of all races after the end of theZuma referred to the panel of Constitutional Court judges who ruled on his disqualification as “learned friends” and said they had restricted his freedom and democracy.
His options to appeal his election disqualification are almost non-existent as the court that barred him is the highest authority on the constitution., also known as MK Party, shook South African politics at a time when the ANC was especially vulnerable. The long-ruling party, which has been in government since the end of apartheid in 1994, could lose its majority for the first time in this election.
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