His bid for leadership of the party was challenged by Jacob Zuma, the former deputy president whom he had dismissed in 2005 amid charges of corruption; the next year Zuma also stood trial for an unrelated charge of rape
Kufuna kwake kukhala mtsogoleri wachipanichi kudatsutsidwa ndi Jacob Zuma, yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa mtsogoleri yemwe adamuchotsa mchaka cha 2005 pamilandu yakatangale; chaka chotsatiracho Zuma adazemngedwanso mlandu wokhudza kugwiririra