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Zuma files legal challenge to halt the first sitting of South Africa's new parliament
Jacob Zuma

SOUTH AFRICA’S third biggest political party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, has filed legal papers on Tuesday seeking to halt the first sitting of Parliament scheduled for tomorrow.

The sitting is scheduled to elect the country’s president.

Mr Zuma’s Spear of the Nation (MK) party has said none of its 58 newly elected lawmakers will attend the sitting. 

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