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South Africa: ANC NEC Suspends Ex-President Jacob Zuma Over MK Party Support
Daily Maverick, 29 January 2024
The ANC has suspended its former leader Jacob Zuma from the party. This comes more than a month after he announced his support for the newly formed uMkhonto Wesizwe party. Read more »
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South Africa: Jacob Zuma, the Violence-Monger - Concern Over Unrest in 2024 Polls
Daily Maverick, 29 January 2024
The SA Human Rights Commission's inconclusive findings about the 2021 KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng riots should serve as a warning about the potential for more violence in the… Read more »
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South Africa: Jacob Zuma, the Monster South Africa's Ruling ANC Created, Continues to Haunt It
The Conversation Africa, 27 January 2024
Former South African president Jacob Zuma is endorsing the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party, the latest rival to the governing African National Congress (ANC) for the upcoming national… Read more »
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The Conversation Africa, 26 January 2024
Former South African president Jacob Zuma's political comeback builds on support from marginalised and angry constituencies within or close to the governing African National… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel Is the Country's Proudest Foreign Policy Moment in Three Decades
The Conversation Africa, 24 January 2024
On 11 January 2024, South Africa hauled Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the charge of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention. This was for Israel's… Read more »
South Africa's ANC Suspends Zuma to 'Preserve Integrity'
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is meant to protect the party's integrity, reports News24. Secretary-general Fikile Mbalula announced the suspension, stating that exceptional circumstances justified the immediate decision.
Zuma, who started his own political party and has been actively campaigning against the ANC since announcing his withdrawal in December 2023, will have 48 hours to respond to allegations of violating the ANC constitution.
The NEC opted for suspension instead of expulsion to avoid lengthy disciplinary processes.
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The Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court has sentenced July 2021 unrest instigator Mdumiseni Zuma to 12 years behind bars. Zuma posted video of himself at a KwaZulu-Natal mall ... Read more »
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Former president Jacob Zuma has been sent back to prison - and then released. Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale announced this at an early morni Read more »
