The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has made a raft of constitutional change proposals, and chief among them is the complete overhaul of the property clause, also known as Section 25 of the Constitution. The proposals are made in line with the opening of the window for South Africans to propose amendments to the country’s constitution. In response to the parliamentary call, the Jacob Zuma-led party said it has submitted a comprehensive set of constitutional amendment proposals to affirm national sovereignty,…

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…

The former leader of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party in the Mpumalanga provincial legislature has vowed that she would sue the former Treasurer of the same party for allegedly spreading false information about her. Mary Phadi said she would sue Menzi Magubane for allegedly spreading lies that she misused party funds, which led to some members turning against her. This is contained in a voice note Phadi sent to one of the party’s Whatsapp groups over the weekend and it…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has come out with guns blazing, saying the opening of the window for updated equity equivalent investment programmes is meant to allow big tech players like Elon Musk to have a backdoor entry to the South African market without complying with BEE requirements. The party said this in a statement in response to a call by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, who has today gazetted a policy direction on the role…

Power josling erupts in the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) as the Limpopo provincial deputy organiser Ponani Makhubele has announced her resignation from both her position and the party, on Sunday, 18 May 2025. Makhubele, who was appointed to the position by MK Party secretary general Floyd Shivambu in January this year after ditching the ANC, dropped the bombshell in her resignation letter, revealing that the party is rocked by factional tensions. She accused the provincial coordinator and former EFF provincial…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) has hailed the Russian Federation and its people for the fighting spirit they showed 80 years ago when the country defeated Nazi Germany in the battle of Stalingrad and later captured Berlin, resulting in the suicide of Adolf Hitler and surrender of the Germans. South Africa’s third biggest country, led by former president Jacob Zuma, sent its well wishes a day before Russia hosts global leaders like Xi Jinping of China in Moscow during the…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party has called for all South African judges to publicly declare their assets and undergo lifestyle audits. In a statement issued on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, the Jacob Zuma-led party warned that South Africa’s democracy is at risk if judges remain untouchable. The party argues that if Members of Parliament, elected by and accountable to the public, must declare their assets, the same should apply to judges, who wield immense constitutional power and influence over citizens’…

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) led Newcastle Local Municipality in north-western KwaZulu-Natal says it is working on fixing its pothole-riddled roads and streets. This follows a public campaign by the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party and Team Sugar South Africa (TSSA) last week to mobilize their members to fix the potholes mainly in the densely populated Madadeni township, thus shaming the municipality’s leadership. The party is also under fire for failing to keep the town clean and for failing to fix…

The Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party in the Mpumalanga provincial legislature has shot down an announcement by Premier Mandla Ndlovu that his government will launch an investigation into the scandal where the provincial Department of Education bought 22 laptops for R2 million. The party’s member of the provincial legislature in Mbombela, Benon Nxumayo, says the government cannot investigate itself, hence they want an independent firm to carry out the probe following a public outcry over the clearly inflated purchase. He said…

The underfire Secretary-General of the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party, Floyd Shivambu, has set his party on winning the upcoming by-elections in Mandeni and Mpofana in KwaZulu-Natal. Shivambu also wants to win the ward 24 by-election in the City of Johannesburg set for 14 May 2025. In a message on his Facebook page, he said no amount of distraction should stop the party from achieving this feat. He was apparently referring to the controversy that erupted after he recently visited Malawi…