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The ANC has suspended former president Jacob Zuma from the governing party.
BREAKING: ANC SUSPENDED JACOB ZUMA FROM THE PARTY
The ANC is also challenging the use of the uMkhonto we Sizwe name for Zuma’s new political party.
According to reports, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula confirmed the news to the media on Monday evening at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre.
MBALULA CONFIRMED THE NEWS ON MONDAY EVENING
He reportedly said Zuma is “actively impugning the integrity of the ANC” by campaigning to dislodge the organisation from power.
“The NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC president Jacob Zuma in line with rule 25.60 … the ANC is willing, able and ready to defend the gains of freedom and our constitutional democracy,”
Mbalula told the media.
THIS COMES A MONTH AFTER ZUMA SAID HE WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THE ANC
This comes more than a month after he announced his support for the newly formed uMkhonto Wesizwe party.
Zuma has been campaigning against the ANC since announcing on 16 December that he would not vote or campaign for the ANC.
has also been speaking at uMkhonto weSizwe Party events in several provinces, but mainly in KwaZulu-Natal.