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S.Africa's electoral body takes Zuma case to constitutional court

Former President Jacob Zuma. [AFP]

South Africa's electoral commission said Friday that it had appealed to the country's highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May.

The commission said in a statement that it had lodged an "urgent and direct" appeal to the Constitutional Court to provide "certainty".

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