Nairobi, March 20 -- The ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party led by former South African president Jacob Zuma and a former ANC stalwart, are involved in a legal dispute that could make or break the former president's comeback in politics.

The court tussle regards the MK's registration with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The ANC and MK squared off in the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein on Tuesday afternoon as SA's governing party wants the decision to register MK with the IEC overturned.

ANC argued that Zuma's MK party stole their trademark, claiming copyright infringement by the party's founders. It is for this reason that the ANC wants the MK to stop using the name Umkhonto we Sizwe,...