South Africa’s ANC expels ex-president Zuma for leading rival party in election

Jacob Zuma backed MK party, which African National Congress said cost it its parliamentary majority

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by the African National Congress after he backed a rival political party that helped cost the ANC its parliamentary majority in recent national elections.

“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 party said in a statement on Monday.