Overview

• South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has suspended former President Jacob Zuma from the party.
• Zuma, who led South Africa from 2009 to 2018, has been estranged from the ANC due to corruption allegations and was forced out of office.
• In December, Zuma announced he would be campaigning for a new party, uMkhonto We Sizwe (MK), named after the ANC's former armed wing during the anti-apartheid struggle.
• The ANC has threatened to challenge the new party in court to get it deregistered and to recapture the name.
• The suspension comes ahead of the country's general elections, where the ANC is expected to lose ground.