ConCourt gives Zuma, MK Party notice to file response to IEC’s eligibility appeal by Thursday

23 Apr

Yamkeleka Manjeya

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The IEC had barred former president Jacob Zuma from running for public office due to his July 2021 contempt of court conviction.

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The Constitutional Court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) to file their documents by Thursday, 25 April 2024, if they plan to contest the appeal of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC).

The issue concerns Zuma's eligibility to run for Parliament in the pending elections.

The registrar of the Constitutional Court, Sibusiso Mapossa, issued a notice to Moeti Kanyane Incorporated, the IEC's representative, saying that the directives came from the deputy chief justice.

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