The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has fired its Secretary-General, Floyd Shivambu, for visiting fugitive Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi during the Easter weekend. At a press briefing attended by former President Jacob Zuma and other senior party officials in Durban on Tuesday, June 3, MKP Chairperson Nathi Nhleko said the party’s top leadership structure found that Shivambu’s trip violated the organisation’s constitution. Nhleko, reading a party statement, said the national officials reflected on the implications of Shivambu’s unauthorised trip to…

Former Minister of Police and ANC leader, Bheki Cele, has opened up about why officials had to make sure that former President Jacob Zuma was jailed in late June 2021, leading to the July 2021 riots and looting. Cele says there was a clear Constitutional Court ruling that Zuma should surrender to start serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the apex court. If not, Cele and the then Minister of Justice, Ronald Lamola, should frogmarch him to his prison…

Former Chief Justice of South Africa, Raymond Zondo, is still critical of the Ramaphosa administration’s decision to grant former president Jacob Zuma a special remission that ensured he did not return to finish his 15-month contempt of court sentence. Zondo says a lot was wrong with the August 2023 decision. He addressed the matter on Tuesday (6 May 2025) while speaking in Cape Town during a Commonwealth conference on anti-corruption, which was attended by organisations such as the Special Investigating…

The leader of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party, former President Jacob Zuma is due in court this coming Thursday for two cases related to the arms deal corruption trial. According to the JG Zuma Foundation, of which Zuma is a patron, he would first hear the ruling of Judge Nkosinathi Chili in the application for leave to appeal the ruling dismissing his request for the recusal of the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Advocate Billy Downer. This matter was argued on…

ANC stalwart and former Chief Whip Tony Yengeni has come out to clarify that he is not joining the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party as widely alleged in a screenshot doing the rounds on social media and WhatsApp groups. The vocal Yengeni, who represented MKP leader and former President Jacob Zuma during his disciplinary hearing by the ANC, said the fake poster took words from a statement he made a few years ago about the MK, the military veterans of the…

The niece of famed ANC freedom fighter Solomon Mahlangu has joined the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party as its newest member. Portia Mahlangu was unveiled by the ANC’s splinter party, led by former President Jacob Zuma, yesterday after months of courting her. Solomon Mahlangu is a famed freedom fighter who was hanged by the apartheid government in 1979 after he was found guilty of murder and terrorism. At that time, he was a member of the ANC and its military wing,…

When President Jacob Zuma brought former EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu into the MK Party in August 2024, it wasn’t a gamble — it was a calculated masterstroke. This wasn’t just about gaining a high-profile figure. It was about strengthening the movement with someone who understands the language of power, policy, and planning. His ability to articulate and organize around these themes likely enhances MK’s appeal in KwaZulu-Natal and beyond, where it emerged as the largest party in 2024. The…

KwaZulu Natal club Royal AM is reportedly now in new hands following a recent auction. Local publication Sportswire has confirmed Durban businessman Chockalingam “Roy” Moodley has won the bid, taking over from businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize, whose financial troubles with the SA Revenue Service (SARS) led to the SARS curator putting the club at auction. Details around the sale are still sketchy, but it’s believed the club could have fetched around R25 million as SARS attempted to recover approximately R40 million…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have agreed to form a united front and work together on all political, community and parliamentary programmes and activities. This follows a meeting between the leader of the MK Party, former President Jacob Zuma and the Spiritual Head of ATM, Professor Caesar Nongqunga in Durban on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. The ATM is led by MP Vuyo Zungua.  In a joint statement, the parties said the meeting discussed the…

The former leader of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party Youth Movement, Bonginkosi Khanyile, is facing fresh legal challenges after he was re-arrested for missing a court appearance.   Khanyile violated his bail condition by failing to honour his court appearance yesterday (March 3), and was detained.  He is facing several charges in the Durban Magistrate Court emanating from the July 2021 unrest which was sparked by the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma. The state alleges that Khanyile incited people in…