In South Africa, a recent political twist has captivated the nation’s attention: a South African court on Tuesday rejected the ruling party’s request for the deregistration and banning of a rival opposition party from participating in elections. next elections.
The Electoral Court found that the African National Congress’s objection to the Independent Electoral Commission’s treatment of the uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration had no legal basis, stressing that the party should have first approached the Commission before taking legal action.
The uMkhonto weSizwe party, led by former South African President Jacob Zuma, has recently emerged on the political scene, attracting interest particularly in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, seen as a key stronghold for elections in come.
The party takes its name from the former military wing of the African National Congress, which dissolved at the end of the apartheid regime of racial segregation. On Wednesday, the ANC will launch another legal action against Zuma’s party, challenging its right to use the name and brand of the now-defunct organization.
South Africa’s May 29 elections are shaping up to be an intense political clash, with the ANC facing growing pressure to stay in power after several elections marked by declining support, as the country faces a stagnant economic growth, a high rate of poverty among its black majority and an unemployment rate exceeding 32%.
According to the latest polls, the ANC could fall below 50% of the national vote for the first time since coming to power in 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the country’s first democratically elected leader.