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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage

South Africa’s ANC expels ex-president Zuma for leading rival party in election

Jacob Zuma raises both hands among a crowd of people.
Jacob Zuma greets supporters after voting in May’s election. His former party said: ‘You brought us below 50%.’ Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by the African National Congress after he backed a rival political party that helped cost the ANC its parliamentary majority in recent national elections.

“Former president Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power, while claiming that he had not severed his membership,” the party said in a statement on Monday.

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