Former president Jacob Zuma looks on during a press conference where he speaks about his political future in Orlando East, Soweto, on December 16 2023.Ten days before South Africa’s general elections, Jabulani Khumalo, the man who registered the uMkhonto we Sizwe Political Party has now urgently turned to the Electoral Court in a bid to have the IEC’s recordal of former President
Khumalo, who founded the MK Party, wants the specialist court to order the IEC to record him as the leader of the party. Khumalo, who was recently expelled from the party, wrote to the IEC earlier this month to have Zuma, who is currently the face of the party on the ballot, removed. The IEC, in a statement, said that it does not involve itself in internal affairs of political parties and further confirmed that the registered leader of the MK Party is Zuma.Letter regarding the removal of Mr Jacob Zuma from the list of members of Parliament of MK Party
The Electoral Commission confirms that it has received communication from Mr Jabulani Khumalo on behalf of the MK Party. The letter has also been circulated…
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