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The 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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Former South African President Zuma faces expulsion from ANC after joining a rival party

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, center, arrives at the National Results Operations Center during the announcement of the results in South Africa's general elections, in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, June 2, 2024. Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa's African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa's most advanced economy after it lost its 30-year majority. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa’s once-dominant ANC tested as it weighs deal to share power

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Former South African President Jacob Zuma greets supporters at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s top court rules former President Zuma cannot stand in election over criminal record

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in a bitter battle in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week’s election?

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in a bitter battle in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma in the Electoral High Court in Johannesburg Monday April 8 2024. South Africa's Electoral Court has ruled, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 that Zuma can stand for office as a lawmaker in the country's upcoming elections, (AP Photo)

A South African court overturns ban, rules that former leader Jacob Zuma can run in the election

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, centre speaks as his daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla listens, during a press conference in Soweto, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Zuma has denounced his ruling African National Congress party and announced that he will vote for a newly-formed political formation in the country's general election next year. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African ex-President Jacob Zuma has denounced the ANC, pledged to vote for a new party

Associated Press

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 22, 2022. Zuma was taken back to prison on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, and released shortly after receiving a special remission authorized by President Cyril Ramaphosa, prison officials announced on Friday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Former South African President Zuma taken back to prison and released again within 2 hours

By Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

South African President Jacob Zuma speaks to school children before a political rally of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Soweto township in Johannesburg, on June 14, 2013. South Africa's Constitutional Court upheld Thursday, July 13, 2023, a ruling that Zuma's early release from prison on medical parole was improper and the former leader should go back to jail to serve the remaining 13 months of his 15-month sentence. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

South Africa deploys army over burning of trucks, braces for unrest over ex-president’s court case

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma looks on in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa, Monday, April 17, 2023. The corruption trial of Zuma was postponed again as he seeks to have the lead prosecutor removed from the case by claiming he is biased. (Kim Ludbrook/Pool via AP)

South Africa ex-President Zuma’s graft trial postponed again

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 19, 2021, file frame grab provided by South Africa Judiciary, former South Africa President Jacob Zuma, appears on a screen virtually from the correctional service facility Estcourt, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, where his corruption trial resumed. Zuma has been admitted to the hospital for observation at a hospital outside the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month jail sentence, the government announced on Friday, Aug. 6 2021. (South Africa Judiciary via AP)

South Africa’s jailed ex-President Jacob Zuma in hospital

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

In this Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, former South African President Jacob Zuma appears in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Judgment handed down Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in the Constitutional Court, has found Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months of direct unsuspended imprisonment. (Michele Spatari/Pool via AP, File)

South African court orders ex-president to jail for contempt

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma must pay legal fees

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Protesters against former South African President Jacob Zuma demonstrate outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, Thursday, March 25, 2021.Lawyers for a commission investigating corruption in South Africa have asked the country's highest court to jail Zuma for failing to cooperate with its probe against state capture. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell).

South Africa’s ex-president should be jailed, argues lawyer

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

State prosecutor Advocate Billy Downer, left, greets members of the legal team representing former President Jacob Zuma, inside the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. A South African judge said he will file a criminal complaint against former South African president Jacob Zuma after he staged a dramatic walkout while attending a commission of inquiry looking into corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African ex-president’s corruption trial set for May

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at a hospital in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, to receive a Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Ramaphosa was among the first in his country to receive the COVID-19 vaccination to launch the inoculation drive. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

South Africa’s president fights own party over corruption

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

FILE — In this Nov. 17, 2020 file photo former South African President Jacob Zuma appears at a hearing for his application for Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, to recuse himself from the state capture commission of inquiry, in Johannesburg, South Africa. A legal showdown is looming in the country where Zuma is refusing to obey court orders to testify at a judicial inquiry into corruption charges against him. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)

South Africa’s former president is warned to appear in court

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South Africa judge files criminal complaint against ex-prez

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Former South African President Jacob Zuma appears at the hearing for his application for Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, to recuse himself from the state capture commission inquiry in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Former South Africa president testifies before commission

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, former South African President Jacob Zuma appears in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The South African Broadcasting Corporation reports that an arrest warrant was issued for former president Jacob Zuma by a judge in South Africa Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, for failing to appear at court in a corruption case. (Michele Spatari/Pool via AP, File)

Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, faces arrest warrant

By Cara Anna and Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press