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Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during a media briefing for his party uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), on June 16, 2024, at Capital Hotel in Sandton, outside Johannesburg. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

IEC seeks two-week extension to respond to MK party’s election challenge

The presidency has also indicated that it will oppose the application by Jacob Zuma’s party

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
The MK party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, believes it was robbed in the 29 May elections, and attempted to halt the declaration of the result as free and fair on 31 May. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

IEC seeks dismissal of ‘vexatious’ MK party challenge to May election outcome

The electoral body says the court must first rule on outstanding issues relating to the case that Jacob Zuma’s party withdrew

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read
Former EFF Limpopo chairperson Tshilidzi Maraga

EFF’s elective conference a PR stunt, says Tshilidzi Maraga

The former EFF Limpopo chairperson claims the assembly is engineered to benefit powerful insiders and questioned the party’s commitment to democracy

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Former President Jacob Zuma greets supporters after voting at Ntolwane Primary School on May 29, 2024, in Nkandla. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Zuma is back to haunt the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as MK party secures parly seats

The former president’s political resurrection has thrown the other parties’ pre-election coalition plans into disarray

  • Lizeka Tandwa
11 min read