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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s push to contest general elections with a unified party is facing a challenge by key allies demanding the exclusion of candidates for parliament who are facing questions of criminal activity and integrity, including his predecessor, Jacob Zuma.
While the African National Congress hasn’t released the names of candidates for elections expected in May, politicians are jostling to be at the top of the list from where lawmakers are chosen from. Zuma, who’s facing graft charges, and Bathabile Dlamini, the minister of women who perjured herself in court, and Malusi Gigaba, a ex-finance minister who was pressured to step down from the cabinet last year, were on an early version.