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Former South African President Zuma faces expulsion from ANC after joining a rival party
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FILE - Former president of the A.N.C. and South Africa, Jacob Zuma, waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 during the general elections. Former South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party, after campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party in national elections in May. Wednesday's hearing could lead to Zuma, 82, being expelled from the ANC. - photo by AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party on Wednesday, after campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party in national elections in May. The hearing could lead to Zuma, 82, being expelled from the ANC, which he joined in the late 1950s when it was a liberation movement fighting against the apartheid system of white minority rule. Zuma was forced to step down as South African president in 2018 amid allegations of corruption and has been embroiled in a political feud since then with President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as the leader of the party and the country.