context: JOHANNESBURG , South Africa -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prosecutors dropped corruption charges Monday against South Africa 's ruling party president Jacob Zuma , who is expected to win the presidential race later this month . Jacob Zuma is expected to win the country 's upcoming presidential election . The leader of the African National Congress had been charged with more than 700 counts of corruption and fraud . The charges , which were linked to a multibillion dollar arms deal in the country , were dropped after eight years of investigations . Zuma , who was named one of Time 's Most Influential People in 2008 , is favored to win the country 's next presidential elections scheduled for April 22 . He served as deputy president of South Africa from 1999 until he was fired in 2005 by President Thabo Mbeki over his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal . Opposition parties are accusing prosecutors of buckling under pressure from the ruling party . Mokotedi Mpshe , head of the National Prosecuting Authority , disagreed . `` An intolerable abuse has occurred , '' Mpshe said after reading transcripts of telephone conversations between two prosecution chiefs who appear to be planning to charge Zuma before ANC party elections . CNN 's Nkepile Mabuse contributed to this report
question: What is the name of the most powerful party in South Africa ?
answers: African National Congress
content_span_normalized_text: the leader of the african national congress had been charged with more than seven hundred counts of corruption and fraud .
question_normalized_text: what is the name of the most powerful party in south africa ?
context_asr: JOHANESBURG SOUTH AFRICA PROSECUTORS DROPPED CORRUPTION CHARGES MONDAY AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAS RULING PARTY PRESIDENT JACOB SOMA WHO IS EXPECTED TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE LATER THIS MONTH JACOB SUMA IS EXPECTED TO WIN THE COUNTRY'S OUTCOMING PRECIDENTIAL ELECTION THE LEADER OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED ACCOUNTS OF CORRUPTION AND FRAUD THE CHARGES WHICH WERE LINKED TO A MOLTINE BILLION DOLLAR ARM STEAL IN THE COUNTRY WERE DROPPED AFTER A YEARS OF INVESTIGATION SMAN WHO WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TIS MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN TWO THOUSAND AT IS FAVORED TO WIN THE COUNTRY'S NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SCEDUAL FOR APRIL TWENTY TWO HE SERVED AS DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA FROM NINETEEN NINETY NINE UNTIL HE WAS FIRED IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE BY PRESIDENT TABO BEI OVER HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE BRIBERY SCANDAL OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE ACCUSING PROSECUTORS OF BUCKLING UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE RULING PARTY MORTEND MSHE HEADED THE NATIONAL PRESS IN GIVING AUTHORITY DISAGREED AN INTOLERABLE ABUSE HAS OCCURRED MHE SAID AFTER READING TRANSCRIPTS OF TELION CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TWO PROSECUTIOON CHIEFS WHO APPEARED TO BE PLANNING TO CHURCH SOMA BEFORE ANCPARTY ELECTIONS 
question_asr: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PARTY IN SOUTH AFRICA 