The ANC in the Western Cape is unconcerned about former President Jacob Zuma’s endorsement of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) in the upcoming general elections.
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Zuma announced over the weekend at the Ipeleng Community Centre in Soweto that he will support the MK Party and will not vote for the ANC next year.
Zuma challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa’s leadership, saying the ANC is no longer the organisation he joined 64 years ago. However, he said he was not leaving the ANC.
The ANC’s provincial spokesperson, Muhammad Khalid Sayed, said the party is disappointed by Zuma’s pledge of support for another political party.
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‘We feel that this is a move that has not been well thought out. You cannot remain a member of the ANC while at the same time campaigning for another party.’
‘This is the mobilisation of the ANC and we don’t take kindly to it,’ said Sayed.
‘We are calling on all people who are driving this particular agenda not to use our former president, particularly his years now as an ANC veteran,’ he said.
‘As for the impact on the Western Cape we are not concerned and we don’t think voters in the province will fall for this political gimmick.’
Zuma made his announcement on the occasion of the MK’s 62nd anniversary. The ANC in the Western Cape was supposed to hold a commemorative event in Gugulethu over the weekend, but it was cancelled.
According to Sayed, Zuma’s announcement has nothing to do with the MK’s decision to cancel the event.
He stated that the event had been cancelled due to logistical issues.
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