South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has taken the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted by a former president to court, setting the stage for a contentious lead-up to what could be the country's most crucial election in three decades.
The ANC has challenged the registration of the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, led by former South African President Jacob Zuma, alleging that it did not meet the necessary criteria when it was registered in September. The case, which opened in the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein, could potentially result in MK being deregistered and barred from participating in the upcoming national election scheduled for May 29.
