Former President Jacob Zuma has reignited his fight to claw back his ANC membership, giving the party an ultimatum to reinstate him or face legal action. In a letter of demand issued on Wednesday, January 8 and addressed to ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula, Zuma’s lawyers say his expulsion is illegal and he must be allowed back to his former political home before the end of this month. The ANC expelled Zuma late last year for founding and leading the…

The leader of the MK Party, former President Jacob Zuma, has narrated how colonialists used coup d’etat and rebels to claw back African countries that got independence and could not be controlled. Zuma says the colonialists funded rebels to stage a coup d’etat and install governments that listened to them and implemented their agenda.  South Africa’s former president spoke in Durban on Monday night during a gala dinner hosted by the MK Party to celebrate its first anniversary. Since 1960,…

The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, has warned that violence is inevitable in South Africa to change the status quo because those hoarding the country’s wealth are seemingly resisting and happily excluding black people from the mainstream economy.  Malema says in such scenarios where those who accumulated their wealth through colonial exploitation do not change, this route cannot be avoided. He repeated this warning on Friday, December 13, while giving a lengthy political report to the Red Berets’ 3rd…

The new national organiser of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has begun cracking the whip on members who are holding several positions. Joe Ndhlela has written to all party members and told them to relinquish some of the positions and stick to one. In a letter dated 07 December 2024, Ndhlela reminded members that the founder and President of the party, Jacob Zuma has made it clear that for accountability purposes, those in parliament or in government, cannot hold positions…

The president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), Joseph Mathunjwa has lambasted former president Jacob Zuma, saying he should have done the things he is now promising the people while he was in power for nine years between 2009 and 2018. Mathunjwa said this on Friday while campaigning for the AMCU funded Labour Party in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, ahead of Wednesday’s by-elections. “He (Zuma) reduced this country into a squalor, to be a dustbin. Then you turn around…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is set to rake in millions should its plan to sell gala dinner table and hospitality packages during its first anniversary in Durban next month materialise. On Monday, November 25th, the ANC’s splinter party, led by former President Jacob Zuma, released the pricing of its gala dinner tables and access to the hospitality suites at Moses Mabhida Stadium, where the celebration will be held. The celebration will start on December 15. The party said this…

Former ANC Treasurer-General Dr Mathews Phosa has shared some intricate details regarding the events leading to Jacob Zuma’s recall as president in February 2018. Phosa said Zuma was so aggrieved by the ANC’s decision to recall him that he wanted to challenge the vote of no confidence against him in court. Phosa revealed the mooted court application in an interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, discussing his book, Witness to Power, with host Aldrin Sampear. The vote of no confidence route…

On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC’s decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal record, including a 15-month jail term in 2021. UMkhonto weSizwe Party appealed against the IEC’s decision. The electoral court granted leave to appeal and set aside the IEC ruling.  This decisive turn of events paves the way for him to contest a seat in the National…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been cleared to run as a candidate and appear on the ballot for his party, uMkhonto We Sizwe (MKP), in the upcoming general elections.  The Electoral Court in Johannesburg has upheld his appeal and set aside the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) decision to disqualify his candidacy due to his previous contempt of court conviction.  The ruling paves the way for Zuma to go to Parliament. It marks a dramatic political…

The ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has suspended its former president, Jacob Zuma, amid a fallout over his decision to campaign for the newly formed political party, Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK). The MK has been steadily gaining popularity since its launch on December 16, 2023, where Zuma said he would not campaign or vote for “the ANC of [President Cyril] Ramaphosa”. The NEC announced its decision after its three-day ordinary meeting in Boksburg, Gauteng, over the weekend — a move which…