Cape Town – Former MK party leader Jabulani Khumalo on Tuesday filed a legal application at the Western Cape High Court to be reinstated on the party’s parliamentary list after being removed.
Khumalo cited the National Assembly’s speaker, Parliament’s secretary, the MK Party, and MK leader Jacob Zuma as respondents.
He sought an urgent hearing on June 13, a day before the new Parliament session.
“In Part A application, I urgently plead that this honourable court grant me an order that I be reinstated as an MP; and an interim interdict to restrain, prohibit and interdict the third [MK party] and fourth respondents [Zuma] or anyone working under them from removing my name as member of National Assembly pending the finalisation of part B of this application and the Electoral Court application wherein I pray that I be reinstated as MK party leader by the Independent Electoral Commission.
“Such finalisation will include the relevant appeals that may ensue,” the application reads.
“Part B may become moot relative to the outcome of my Electoral Court application,” Khumalo said in his court papers.
NDABANEWS: BREAKING – Jabulani Khumalo has brought an urgent application in the Cape Town Division, Western Cape Province to interdict Parliament and the #MKParty from removing his name as a member of Parliament that must be sworn in on Friday. The case will be heard on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/KSRdz9KODc
— Thulani Ndaba (@tndaba) June 11, 2024
Despite being the top candidate on the MK list, Khumalo was expelled before the elections.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
