UMnuz Jacob Zuma, owayengumengameli kanye nomholi we-Mkhonto WeSizwe Party (MKP), kungenzeka babhekane ngeziqu zamehlo ne-African National Congress (ANC) ngemuva kokubhuntsha kwemizamo yakhe yokuhlehlisa ukuxoshwa kwakhe eqenjini. UZuma, owajoyina i-ANC eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala, waxoshwa ngoJulayi, kanti iNational Disciplinary Committee ye-ANC yasivuma lesi sinqumo. Umfowabo, uKhanya Zuma, uthe uMsholozi ulwela ukuvikela iqembu alisebenzelayo kodwa akakakuvezi ukuthi uzozithatha yini izinyathelo zomthetho. Kodwa-ke, ababili abasondelene nabo bakuqinisekisile ukuthi uZuma uhlela ukuphikisa ukuxoshwa kwakhe enkantolo.
Ukukhishwa kukaZuma esikhundleni kuhambisana nokweseka kwakhe i-MKP, okube nesandla ekutheni i-ANC ingenzi kahle okhethweni lwangoMeyi 29, lapho i-ANC yehle isuka ku-58% yaya ku-40%, kwathi iMKP yathola u-14%. Abalandeli bakaZuma bathi ufuna ukuhlenga i-ANC kulabo akholelwa ukuthi bayayilimaza. I-foundation kaZuma ikhiphe isitatimende ichitha umbono wokuthi i-ANC ngaphansi kukaRamaphosa inegunya lokumxosha yathi izoxoxisana nethimba lakhe lezomthetho nabambisene nabo kwezepolitiki ukuze bathathe isinqumo ngezinyathelo ezilandelayo.
I-ANC ikuchithile okushiwo uZuma, umkhulumeli wakhe uMahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri wathi isenzo sakhe silimaza ubumbano lweqembu. Abahlaziyi baphakamisa ukuthi uZuma uphonsela inselelo ubuholi be-ANC ukuthi buveze ubuthaka babo futhi bugcine buphazamisekile ngesikhathi iMKP ithola ukwesekwa. Abanye baphinde bathi imizamo kaZuma yokuhlala ku-ANC ayinangqondo, ngoba wasungula iqembu eliphikisayo eliphikisayo.