ANC suspends former president Jacob Zuma
The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee has suspended former president Jacob Zuma for his involvement with the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party. The governing African National Congress (ANC) announced its decision on Monday.
This follows Zuma’s announcement that Zuma’s suspension comes after he announced that he would vote with the newly formed political party,uMkhhonto Wesizwe (MK ), which made its public debut in Soweto on 16 December last year, but would remain a member of the ANC.
ANC’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said Zuma and others whose conduct is in conflict with the values and principles of the party will find themselves outside the African National Congress
“Pursuant to this, the NEC during its ordinary meeting held from January 26 to 29, 2024 resolved to invoke rule 25.60 of the ANC constitution: ‘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 NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC president JG Zuma in line with rule 25.60 as stated above,” Mbalula said.
Meanwhile, MK party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said that as far as he knew, Zuma was still a member of the ANC.
“We have seen social media reports of him being suspended but at this stage he remains a member of the ANC, as he stated previously,” Ndhlela said, adding that Zuma had not received communication from the ANC about the matter.
