LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Zuma pledges no ‘trouble’ at polls but still insists MK was robbed in 2024

Reported by Daily Maverick · 52 min ago · Lunga Simelane

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Jacob Zuma has pledged that the MK party will avoid trouble and abide by the rules of the upcoming local elections, but says the party remains convinced it was robbed in 2024 general elections. On Friday, the Electoral Court dismissed the party’s attempt to challenge those elections.

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