South Africa’s top court to rule on Zuma election

South Africa 's top court will rule Monday on whether graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma can legally be barred from standing as a candidate in the country's May 29 general election. South Africa ’s top court will rule Monday on whether graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma can legally be barred from standing as a candidate in the country’s May 29 general election.

But his era has become synonymous with the corruption allegations haunting the former anti-apartheid movement, and electoral authorities argue that Zuma’s 2021 conviction bars him from the ballot. But the court will also rule on the Zuma team’s arguments that the electoral commission exceeded its authority and that a contempt of court conviction, which cannot be appealed, should not lead to a ban.Ramaphosa’s ANC is still all but certain to remain South Africa’s largest party after the May 29 vote, but some polls indicate that it may struggle for the first time to win an absolute majority.

The ANC was the leading political force in the struggle of black South Africans against the former apartheid regime, and has led the country for 30 years. South Africa's top court will rule Monday on whether graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma can legally be barred from standing as a candidate in the country's May 29 general election.

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