By All Africa\Radio France Internationale
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A court in South Africa court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma can stand in next month’s general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities to bar him over a criminal conviction.
The electoral court on Tuesday overruled a decision by electoral authorities to bar the 81-year-old former president Jacob Zuma from running in the 29 May election, where the ruling ANC could lose its absolute majority for the first time since 1994.
“The decision of the Electoral Commission … is set aside,” the court wrote in a ruling seen by France’s AFP agency.
It did not say how the verdict was reached.
South Africans will vote on 29 May for a new parliament, which will then elect the president. READ MORE…
