The former president is a major factor in first coalition talks in 30 years.
Jacob Zuma, who led South Africa for almost nine scandal-tainted years before being ousted by the governing African National Congress , may now play a major role in the country’s political future.
Zuma’s party is willing to work with the ANC so long as it has “nothing to do with Ramaphosa,” MKP spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said without giving further details. His ANC critics say Zuma, a former intelligence chief and amateur chess player, was quietly building up support for his new party within the ANC party’s provincial branch in KwaZulu-Natal right up to the vote, giving him effective shadow control and allowing him the surprise sweeping victory there.
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