South Africa’s ruling ANC has suspended former President Jacob Zuma for supporting another party ahead of the upcoming general election.
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula stated that those conflicting with the party’s values will be excluded. The move highlights internal disunity within the ANC, potentially impacting its electoral standing. Zuma, accused of corruption during his presidency, was forced out in 2018 and has distanced himself from the party.
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He recently endorsed the uMkhonto We Sizwe party, prompting the ANC to consider legal actions against its registration and name usage. Mbalula sees the new party as a deliberate attempt to exploit the anti-apartheid struggle’s history for a counterrevolutionary agenda. Zuma has 48 hours to respond to the suspension.
“Zuma and others whose conduct is in conflict with our values and principles will find themselves outside the African National Congress,” ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said on Monday.
“The formation of the MK party is not an accident,” Mbalula declared after a meeting with the party’s National Executive Committee, attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“It is a deliberate attempt to use the proud history of the armed struggle against the apartheid regime to lend credibility to what is a blatantly counterrevolutionary agenda.”
