Former South African President Jacob Zuma leads the new MK Party.
A South African court has dismissed the governing party's case demanding a rival opposition party be deregistered and banned from participating in the upcoming election.
The Electoral Court said the governing African National Congress' objection to how the Independent Electoral Commission handled the uMkhonto weSizwe Party's registration had no merit.
Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who headed the country from 2009 to 2018 when he was removed amid wide-ranging allegations of corruption, parted ways with the ANC in December.
His popularity — especially in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, expected to be a key battleground in this year's elections — has helped the MK Party emerge as a potentially significant contender in the upcoming polls.
The May 29 election is expected to be highly contested with the ANC seeing declining support in successive elections as the country faces stagnant economic growth and high levels of poverty among its Black majority.
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