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South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma, has announced that his political party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), will join the opposition alliance in parliament.
Zuma said the party would coordinate resistance to the governing coalition led by the African National Congress (ANC).
Despite this, MK maintained that last month’s elections were rigged and sought to have the results annulled, according to a report by the BBC.
Zuma’s speech on Sunday was read by party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela, who stated that the ANC was no longer part of the solution.
Zuma claimed there was no government of national unity in South Africa and described the partnership as a “white-led unholy alliance between the DA and the ANC of Ramaphosa.”
The ANC lost its outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid and entered into a power-sharing agreement at the weekend with the Democratic Alliance (DA).
Several smaller parties have also joined what the ANC calls a national unity government.
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The DA and the ANC have been sworn enemies, and a power-sharing deal between them was once considered unimaginable by many South Africans.
The DA grew out of a union of groups, including what was left of the apartheid-era ruling National Party, and advocates for free-market economics, which is at odds with the ANC’s left-wing traditions.
Zuma also confirmed on Sunday that MK had lodged a court case demanding that the election results be declared invalid and that a new vote be held.
He urged his supporters to “submit or fight” back using peaceful means.
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