IEC’s treatment of Zuma harks back to apartheid, says Mpofu
The former president’s lawyer says the Electoral Commission of SA has no power to determine membership of the National Assembly
08 April 2024 - 13:41
UPDATED 08 April 2024 - 23:01
Former president Jacob Zuma’s legal representative, Dali Mpofu, has criticised the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC), saying it has no power to determine membership of the National Assembly and describing its attitude towards his client as akin to the apartheid regime denying people their political rights.
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is appealing against the IEC’s decision to bar Zuma from being one of its candidates to parliament after the 2024 national and provincial elections on May 29 in the electoral court sitting in Johannesburg...
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