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Zuma Says He Will Not Support ANC in Next Year's Election

by VOA News

   Former South African president Jacob Zuma said Saturday that we will
   not vote for the ruling African National Congress party next year in
   the country's general election.

   The ANC political party was at the forefront of the liberation movement
   to free South Africa of its racist apartheid system. It has governed
   South Africa since the first post-apartheid election that placed
   political icon Nelson Mandela in office as president.

   The ANC is currently facing a number of challenges. Recent polls have
   indicated it will likely win less that 50% of next year's votes,
   forcing it to form a coalition government to remain in power.

   Zuma told journalists the ANC and the current president, Cyril
   Ramaphoso, are a "proxy for white monopoly capital." Zuma said he will
   instead support the newly formed Umkhonto we Sizwe party, named after
   the ANC's now-defunct military wing.

   Zuma was president of South Africa from 2009-18, in a tenure that was
   riddled with allegations of corruption.