ANC suspends Jacob Zuma
Former President Jacob Zuma has been suspended by the African National Congress (ANC).
During the ANC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, the membership of the former president was revoked.
In December 2023, Jacob announced starting a new political party named Umkhonto Wesizwe; he also revealed that he won’t be supporting the ANC.
The ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula confirmed Zuma’s suspension.
The NEC decided to invoke Rule 25.60 of the ANC Constitution, which states, “if justifiable exceptional circumstances warrant an immediate decision of temporary suspension of a member without eliciting the comment or response of such member as contemplated above, the NEC, the NWC, the PEC or the PWC, as the case may be, may summarily suspend such member.”
“The ANC categorically rejects the dangerous suggestion that our electoral system can and will be manipulated. The Independent Electoral Committee is one of the most trusted public institutions. The entire voting process and counting process is monitored by party agents from all competing parties and international observers who have repeatedly declared our elections to be free and fair,” he said.
“Former president Jacob Zuma is actively impugning the integrity of the ANC and campaigning to dislodge the ANC from power while claiming that he has not terminated his membership. This conduct is irreconcilable with the spirit of organisational discipline and letter of the ANC Constitution,” Mbalula added.
