There was no merit to any argument that former president Jacob Zuma’s criminal record did not disqualify him from standing for a seat in parliament for the uMkhonto weSizwe party in national elections this month, counsel for the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) argued on Friday.
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi told the constitutional court there was no debate that Zuma was convicted of a crime, when three years ago it sentenced him to 15 months in prison for contempt of court.
Therefore he fell foul of section 47(1)(e) of the…
