APA-Pretoria (South Africa) Former South African president Jacob Zuma will lead the newly formed uMkhonto WeSizwe (MK) party in the forthcoming 2024 general elections, senior MK official Bonginkosi Khanyile has said.
Khanyile said this when he addressed MK supporters at a rally in Malamulele in Limpopo province at the weekend.
“MK is going to be on the ballot. President Zuma is going to be on the ballot. No one can stop the will of the people,” Khanyile said.
He added: “If the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) wants to run credible and respectable elections, they must not stop President Zuma because this thuggery method they are trying to employ to save (President Cyril) Ramaphosa is not going to help them.”
Zuma announced last December that he would not campaign for the governing African National Congress (ANC) nor vote, arguing that the party had lost direction.
He instead said he would vote for MK although he would remain a member of the ANC.
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