South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has rejected a request to remove former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party arguing it does not interfere with political parties' internal affairs.
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has hit back at the party’s elections head Fikile Mbalula for saying it would have scored less than 40% of the votes if President Cyril Ramaphosa was not elected in 2017.
Members of political parties and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officials were outraged when voting had to be conducted by candlelight as a result of a power outage at a polling station in Ulundi, Zululand, on May 8 evening.
