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The Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled Monday that former president Jacob Zuma is disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in the upcoming national election due to a prior criminal conviction. The court said in its order: It is declared that Mr Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months’ [...]