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In an answering affidavit filed on behalf of Zuma and the MK Party on Friday, its attorney, Nqobile Zungu, said at least five of the justices of the apex court should recuse themselves because they had been part of the bench that, in 2021, found Zuma in contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison without the option of a fine.
South Africans vote next month in a general election that could bring about the most significant political change in three decades, with the ruling African National Congress at risk of losing its parliamentary majority. After spearheading the fight against white minority rule, the party of late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has comfortably won more than 50 percent of the vote in every national election since the first democratic ballot in 1994.
Former president Thabo Mbeki was drumming up support for the ANC at Soweto's Jabulani Mall
The MK Party victory, from whatever angle you choose to relate with it, is the subversion of RSA heritage trapped in the ANC's history and traditions
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has argued that the opposition failed to dislodge his party from power in the 2021 local government elections — when it was at its weakest — so there is no basis for believing it can do so now.