By Simon Nare
Former president Jacob Zuma is demanding the immediate reinstatement of his ANC membership failing which he will drag the party to court and argue that his expulsion from the party is unlawful and unprocedural.
Zuma, who is now the leader of the opposition MK Party, through a letter by his lawyers sent to ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula, has given the party until the end of the month to reinstate him or face legal action.
“Such steps may entail approaching the courts for appropriate relief including seeking an order for the immediate reinstatement of President Zuma’s membership of the ANC and punitive costs,” his lawyers stated in a letter.
Zuma highlighted several procedural transgressions by the ANC’s national disciplinary committee and national disciplinary committee of appeal (NDCA), which he argued were in breach of the ANC Constitution.
Further, he argued that his representative in the disciplinary hearing,
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