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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has asked the electoral court to hear oral evidence in its application to have the results of last year’s national and provincial elections set aside. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

IT expert faces dismissal, death threats over role in MK party election challenge

Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

MK’s court challenge is public incitement, says IEC

The party’s failure to provide evidence of election fraud suggests it went to court with the aim of ‘inflaming the passions of the public’, the commission argues

  • Emsie Ferreira
8 min read
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)

African Transformation Movement challenges election results and demands a rerun

The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Former South African and ANC president, Jacob Zuma. (MKP/X)

Zuma’s MK party asks electoral court to order a rerun of May vote

The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Jacob Zuma, former South African president and leader of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party), during a news conference at the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) national results operation centre in Midrand, South Africa, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Jacob Zuma’s MK party off to ConCourt to try interdict first sitting of parliament

The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read