Fear of the nation | Former president Jacob Zuma addresses MKP supporters outside the Electoral Court in Johannesburg.
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The IEC and Constitutional Court must be protected from defamatory and hateful statements made by Jacob Zuma’s MKP, writes Adriaan Basson.
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), former president Jacob Zuma’s new political home, uses disinformation and emotive language to discredit the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and the Constitutional Court.
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