In Pictures: Zuma wins court appeal against IEC
The South African Electoral Court has allowed former president Jacob Zuma to run in May’s general elections.
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The South African Electoral Court has allowed former president Jacob Zuma to run in May’s general elections.
Advocate Dali Mpofu was terending on social media after his performance at the Electoral Court where Zuma won his appeal against the IEC.
MK Party leader and former President Jacob Zuma won his appeal against the Independent Electoral Commission on Tuesday.
Steenhuisen made remarks about mercenary parties like the PA, Rise Mzansi, GOOD and NCC trying to unseat his party in the Western Cape.
Zuma approached the Electoral Court to appeal the IEC’s decision to disqualify him from standing for public office in the upcoming elections.
IEC Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo says the certified voters’ roll stands at 27.7 million voters, a first for South Africa,
Zuma’s lawyer argued that he only served three months of his 15 months sentence therefore he should be allowed to stand for public office.
DA leader John Steenhuisen says party supporters must go out and vote in numbers to avoid corruption-infested coalition governments.
Mapisa-Nqakula was released on R50,000 bail last week by the Pretoria High Court after the state had requested that bail be set at R100,000
IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya says political violence and spreading false intimidation must be dealt with swiftly.
Former speaker Mapisa-Nqakula appeared at the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering.
The MK Party says party members who incite violence will be disciplined by the party or even get expelled said the spokesperson.
FF Plus MP Corne Mulder and premier candidate in the Western Cape says there will be a coalition government in the Western Cape.
The EFF says Mapisa-Nqakula’s resignation comes as a result of mounting pressure and public scrutiny after weeks of speculation of her arrest.
MK Party supporter Visvin Reddy says he is charged under the same Act used to charge former President Nelson Mandela.
Former President Jacob Zuma’s lawyers argue that Zuma was not convicted of a crime but a civil offence therefore he should stand.
MK Party says the IEC never furnished it with the reasons for the objection and the party has filed an appeal.
The DA says Parliament must remove Mapisa-Nqakula as speaker and she should hand herself over to the police for processing.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi says the age limit for government jobs should be scrapped because they were discriminatory.
National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to interdict the NPA was dismissed with costs.
BOSA party’s candidate for Gauteng Premier Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster says the cost of housing is too high.
The MK Party was told by the IEC that a candidate can be disqualified if they have been sentenced to more than 12 months in prison.
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa said ZCC leader Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane welcomed the ANC just as he did with former President Nelson Mandela.
RISE Mzansi says it’s been asked by communities across South Africa to take up the plight of people over the age of 35.
DA provincial leader in KZN Francois Rodgers says the party is banking on its Zulu-speaking premier candidate, Chris Pappas.