South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by the country’s former leader to court
South Africa's ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by a former president to court, underscoring a fractious buildup to what could be the country's most pivotal election in 30 years. The ANC says the new uMkhonto weSizwe party did not meet criteria when it was registered in September. The case at the Electoral Court in the central city of Bloemfontein opened on Tuesday.
Zuma was suspended from the ANC after publicly backing MK. He attended Tuesday's hearing at the Electoral Court, as did Mbalula. The ANC has governed South Africa for 30 years since the end of the apartheid system of racial segregation in 1994, but is expected to face its sternest test in this year's vote. Several polls predict that the ANC will lose its majority for the first time and be forced into a coalition to remain in government.
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