JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Electoral Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had ...

Nearly two full years after being elected into Parliament and becoming the official opposition to the national coalition, the MK party shows many signs that it is unable to fulfil a vitally important ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma is facing an attempt to oust him from leadership positions in his new party, state broadcaster SABC reported on Tuesday, three weeks ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was barred Monday from running for Parliament in next week’s national election over a previous criminal conviction, the latest twist in ...

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is free to run in May's general election after an electoral court overturned a ban on his candidacy. Last month the electoral commission barred him over a ...

Voters queuing at a polling station in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa in May 2024. J. Countess/Getty Images South Africa’s general election in May 2024 fundamentally changed the country’s ...

The country’s governing party had severed ties with the former president in July after he campaigned for an opposition party in the last general election. By Lynsey Chutel South Africa’s governing ...

Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader and founder Jacob Zuma said his party is contemplating making a call for the postponement of the local government elections until the party’s disputed 2024 general ...

The ConCourt found that Zuma would have to wait five years for his 2021 conviction for contempt to lapse before running for public office. JOHANNESBURG - Political pundits believe it's not all doom ...

South Africa's top court will hear an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest ...