Elected, accused of corruption - fired, accused of rape - acquitted, elected president, accused of corruption again - denied again, ousted, imprisoned for contempt of court - freed, barred from becoming an MP.
South African musician Papa Penny, who served as a councillor at the Giyani Local Municipality for over a decade, has quit the ruling ANC to join the newly formed MK Party led by former president Jacob Zuma.
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has lost a legal bid to stop a new party from using the name and logo of its former armed wing. The governing ANC had argued that uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), headed by ex-President Jacob Zuma, had breached trademark law.
The removal of former president Jacob Zuma as a candidate for uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party will be legally challenged after the party filed papers at the Electoral Court.
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has failed in a legal bid to stop a newly formed party, backed by ex-President Jacob Zuma, from running in May's general election.
