Jacob Zuma rose to the helm of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after ousting its founding leader, Jabulani Khumalo Getty Images
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that he will fight for his rights, after the country’s top court ruled that he was not eligible to run for parliament in next week’s election.
The constitutional court ruled on Monday that Zuma’s 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court in 2021 disqualified him from standing in the May 29 vote, as the constitution prohibits anyone given a prison sentence of 12 months or longer from holding a parliamentary seat.
Decisions of the constitutional court cannot be overruled.
“Judges of the constitutional court have taken a decision that I can’t exercise my freedom, my democracy,” Zuma said in a YouTube video shared by his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party.
“I am going to fight for my rights until this country agrees that freedom must be a…
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