Johnathan Paoli
THE Constitutional Court has declared former South Africa President and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma not eligible to stand as a Member of Parliament only two days after he delivered his party’s manifesto at a packed Orlando Stadium, in Soweto.
In delivering on the much-anticipated Electoral Commission’s urgent appeal, the ConCourt found that section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution was applicable to Zuma and that his 2021 contempt of court sentence was a sentence as contemplated by the section.
“Mr Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months imprisonment and for the purposes of section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution and is accordingly not eligible to be a member of and not qualified to stand for election to the National Assembly until five years have elapsed since the completion of his sentence”.
The Constitutional Court’s decision follows on an earlier judgement by the
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