Zuma launches legal action over ANC expulsion 

By Akani Nkuna

Former president and now uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma has launched an application with the High Court against President Cyril Ramaphosa and the African National Congress to challenge his expulsion from the party.

The MK Party on Thursday described the decision to terminate Zuma’s 65 year-long ANC membership as “unlawful”, saying the processes followed were not consistent with the constitution of the ANC.

“President Zuma is on record saying that his membership of the real ANC of Luthuli, Tambo and Mandela cannot be erased by sell-outs and DA puppets like Ramaphosa and (Fikile) Mbalula,” MKP spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said in a statement.

This follows a disciplinary hearing initiated by the ANC in July 2024. The party’s National Disciplinary Committee later expelled Zuma, saying that his decision to form the MK Party and contest the ANC in the national elections went against the party’s constitution and disciplinary