South Africa’s ANC expels ex-president Jacob Zuma
By Adeola Atanda
The African National Congress (ANC) has expelled former South African president Jacob Zuma from its fold. Zuma, one of the legends of the anti-apartheid struggle that ended white minority rule in South Africa, fell out with the ANC because of his removal as president of the country and leader of the party.
The ANC accused Zuma of founding and campaigning for the breakaway uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party in violation of its constitution. The party along with the EFF now constitute the opposition to the ruling party in the South African parliament
Fikile Mbalula, ANC secretary general, during a media briefing said that the party’s national disciplinary committee had found Zuma guilty on two counts and had ruled that he be expelled.
Mbalula said Zuma had “actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power, while claiming that he had not severed his membership”.
“This conduct is irreconcilable with the spirit of organisational discipline and letter of the ANC constitution,” he added. Zuma has 21 days to appeal the judgment.
Cornet News reports that Zuma had faced the state capture commission to answer to allegations of corruption and his favouring of the influential Gupta family. Wikipedia describes state capture as a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state’s decision-making processes to their own advantage.
