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South Africa’s ruling ANC expels ex-president Zuma for backing rival party

Zuma, former leader of the ANC, was suspended from the party in January after announcing he would support the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the general election [File: Rogan Ward/Reuters]

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) after he backed a rival party in May’s parliamentary election that saw the ANC lose the majority, the party said on Monday.

“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,” ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula told the media.

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