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Former President Zuma's candidacy roils South Africa's opposition MK party


Former President Zuma's candidacy roils South Africa's opposition MK party
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In South Africa, the saga of former President Jacob Zuma’s candidacy in the May 29 election has taken a new twist. First, the Mail and Guardian reports that uMkhonto we Sizwe, or MK Party, founder Jabulani Khumalo had asked the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to remove Zuma’s name from the party’s parliamentary list because Zuma had been suspended. The IEC has said that Zuma’s face will be on the ballot because the MK Party had informed the IEC that the party had changed its leadership structure. Zuma is seen as a threat to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Professor Sipho Seepe is a political analyst and former deputy Vice Chancellor for Institutional Support at the University of Zululand. VOA’s James Butty asked him for clarity on these developments

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