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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Former president Jacob Zuma’s hopes of becoming an MP through his newly formed MK Party were dashed when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday he is not eligible to run for the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Justice Leona Theron, handing down judgment, said: \u201cThis court concludes Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months’ imprisonment for the purpose of section 47 (1) (e) of the constitution and is accordingly not eligible to be a member of and not qualified to stand for election into the National Assembly until five years have lapsed since the completion of his sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Former president Jacob Zuma’s hopes of becoming an MP through his newly formed MK Party were dashed when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday he is not eligible to run for the National Assembly. Justice Leona Theron, handing down judgment, said: \u201cThis court concludes Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-66537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nConCourt rules Jacob Zuma is not eligible to be an MP - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former president Jacob Zuma's hopes of becoming an MP through his newly formed MK Party were dashed when the Constitutio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ConCourt rules Jacob Zuma is not eligible to be an MP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former president Jacob Zuma's hopes of becoming an MP through his newly formed MK Party were dashed when the Constitutio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-20T11:40:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-20T12:03:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/sm_1716193953.057158.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ConCourt rules Jacob Zuma is not eligible to be an MP\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-20T11:40:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-20T12:03:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/sm_1716193953.057158.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/concourt-rules-jacob-zuma-is-not-eligible-to-be-an-mp\",\"name\":\"ConCourt rules Jacob Zuma is not eligible to be an MP - 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