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| Africa Live: South Africa's ex-President Zuma barred from election - BBC News | |
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| South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in May's general election, the country's electoral commission (IEC) has said. | |
| Mr Zuma's backing of the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has been seen as a possible threat to the governing African National Congress (ANC). | |
| The former president, who served from 2009 to 2018, has been suspended by the ANC. | |
| His was the first name on the MK's candidate list, but the IEC received objections to him potentially becoming a member of the National Assembly. | |
| "In the case of former President Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld," IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya is quoted by News24 as telling a press conference. | |
| Mr Zuma received a 15-month prison sentence in 2021 for contempt of court and the constitution says anyone who has had a prison sentence of longer than 12 months is not eligible to run for election. | |
| The IEC said that the ruling did not prevent the MK party from taking part in the 29 May poll, News24 reports. | |
| For the first time since the start of the democratic era in 1994, the ANC's vote share could fall below 50%, according to several opinion polls. The MK party is seen as popular in Mr Zuma's home region of KwaZulu-Natal. | |
| Read more on South Africa's election: | |
| When is the poll and what is at stake for the ANC? | |
| Jacob Zuma's MK - the political wildcard in South Africa's election | |
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