JOHANNESBURG, 31 July. - (ANA) - The African National Congress expelled former South African President Jacob Zuma after he backed a rival party that cost the ANC its parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994.

 

“Former president Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power, while claiming that he had not severed his membership,” the ANC said in a statement.

 

The ANC won 40% of the vote in June’s election, down from almost 60% in 2019, forcing it into a broad coalition government comprising cabinet members from seven parties.  - (ANA) -

 

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