Jacob Zuma: The decision by the Constitutional Court could have deep implications on the result of the imminent vote.
Observers fear violent unrest if the decision goes against Zuma.Graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma on Monday will learn whether he can legally be barred from standing as a candidate in the country’s May 29 general election.
The ANC has won every South African election since the country became a democracy in 1994, and Zuma served as the party’s fourth president between 2009 and 2018.But his era has come to symbolise the corruption allegations haunting the former anti-apartheid movement, and electoral authorities argue that Zuma’s 2021 conviction bars him from the ballot.
In a social media post, the court said it would make a judgment at 10.00am on whether “Mr Zuma disqualified from standing as a candidate for the National Assembly”.After a South African general election, the president is chosen by MPs from among their own ranks, so if Zuma is not on the ballot he could not become president.
If his party eats into the ANC’s traditional support base, Ramaphosa may be forced to negotiate a coalition after the election to ensure he is re-elected to the presidency.
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