The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is contesting another litmus test by-election in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday torn apart by two provincial factions. This is after yesterday the Electoral Court upheld the registration of Sthabiso Nkabinde as the party’s candidate for ward 2 by-election in Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg) in the province’s Midlands where the party performed well during the May 29 provincial and national elections. The troubles started when two posters of candidates emerged and were circulated to the public for support. One…

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…

A senior member of the MK Party in KwaZulu-Natal has died in a horrible car accident. Canaan Mdletshe, who hailed from Nongoma and joined the MK Party after leaving the National Freedom Party (NFP) in August this year, died in a car accident on Thursday, December 5. The accident happened between Mtubatuba and Hlabisa in northern KwaZulu-Natal yesterday where Mdletshe’s car reportedly collided with a truck. His party has confirmed his passing but gave little details. Mdletshe was part of…

Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party’s Mpumalanga leader wants the party to stop giving top positions to former EFF members who have just joined the party, led by former president Jacob Zuma. Mary Phadi, the MK Party’s convener in the province and a member of the provincial legislature in Mbombela, said this shortly after her court victory yesterday.  That was after Phadi won a legal victory at the Mpumalanga High Court which reinstated her as the convener of the party in the…

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 Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) in Limpopo says it’s all systems go for the by-election in the Thabazimbi Local Municipality on Wednesday, 4 December 2024. The Provincial Electoral Officer, Nkaro Mateta, says the commission is ready to receive the over 51,000 registered voters expected to cast their ballots. Addressing the media on Saturday, she reiterated that 21 political parties and five independent candidates will compete for control of the troubled council in the Waterberg region.  The Umkhonto…

The South African National Civics Organisation (SANCO) in KwaZulu-Natal has dismissed allegations that it recently cut ties with the ANC in the province because it wanted to join forces with the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party. The provincial chairperson of the civic organisation, Lawrence Dube, says they “will never”’ join forces with the Jacob Zuma led splinter party. SANCO is part of the ANC-led alliance alongside the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Communist Party (SACP). Dube…

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…