Simon Nare
Expelled uMkhonto we Sizwe Party members Nhlamulo Ndhlela and Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla have launched an urgent court bid to challenge their expulsion, arguing that the decision was in contravention of the party’s constitution and therefore should be declare null and void and set aside.
In court papers filed electronically in the Gauteng South High Court on Thursday, the two founding members argued that they had been kicked out of the party without any formal disciplinary action or charges put to them and that they first heard of the decision in a press conference.
“Prior to this public announcement, the Applicants were not served with any formal charges, were not afforded any notice of any disciplinary inquiry, and were not given an opportunity whatsoever to be heard.
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“The Applicants first learned of the decision which extinguished their membership rights
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