Former president Jacob Zuma. Picture: Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to face an African National Congress (ANC) disciplinary hearing later this month.
The ANC has set 17 July 2024 at 10 am as the date and time to convene the disciplinary hearing against Zuma who now leads the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.
The ANC said Zuma’s disciplinary hearing will take place virtually.
Zuma was expected to face an ANC disciplinary hearing in May this year for contravening party rules.
However, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula in a letter seen by The Citizen requested the party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) chairperson Ralph Mgijima to postpone Zuma’s hearing, citing security concerns and fears of violence before the elections.
With elections now over and President Cyril Ramaphosa having appointed his cabinet, Mbalula said the disciplinary action against Zuma will go ahead.
“It will continue. We said that before the elections it must be postponed until after the elections. That disciplinary process will continue. If we are going to ban on the fundamentals for political convenience, the ANC will not exist as a party.
“Even at the moment where we’ve got 40% that DC will continue and it cannot be changed,” Mbalula said at the time.
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Zuma has been charged with two counts of contravening the ANC‘s rules, including contravening the party’s constitution, when he publicly endorsed the newly formed MK party last year and when he appeared on the candidate list for the MK party.
According to the ANC constitution’s rule 25, Zuma’s actions to not campaign or vote for the ANC are tantamount to a breach of the party’s constitution.
The NEC initially opted not to expel the former president as an ANC member as that would require longer disciplinary processes, which at the time was believed he would not attend.
In December, Zuma announced that he would support the MK party for the 2024 general elections because the ANC had strayed from its core values.
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