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COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

War over positions in Zuma’s party

Party members decry being sidelined by opposition party defectors

  • Sandile Motha
4 min read
The MK party has reinstated John Hlophe as its first deputy president and parliamentary party leader with immediate effect
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

MK Party reinstates John Hlophe as deputy president and parliamentary leader

Hlophe returns to MK leadership roles months after suspension linked to caucus dispute

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
MK MP Colleen Makhubele resigned as a legislator and quit the organisation on Monday
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

Colleen Makhubele resigns as MP and quits MK

Makhubele’s departure follows months of internal leadership changes in Jacob Zuma’s party

  • Mandisa Makgakga
2 min read
Missing: Members of the Jacob Zuma’s MKP are fighting over alleged looting of funds in the party. Photo: GCIS
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

Zuma, MKP and the ‘looted’ R70m

The MPs have written to Zuma and Yengeni to demand a forensic investigation of the missing millions

  • Lunga Mzangwe
7 min read
MK party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. (@NhlamuloNdhlela/X)
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

‘Some MK members jealous of Duduzile and my relationship with Zuma’ – Nhlamulo Ndhlela

The MK spokesperson maintained there was a coordinated attack against him and the daughter of the party’s president

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero. (X)
ACTIONSA

Morero may be safe, but battle over Jozi council continues

Some ANC members want former speaker Margaret Arnolds to return after the incumbent was ousted

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu Photo: Lunga Mzangwe
ANC

Shivambu: I was fired as MK secretary-general over false plot against Zuma

Shivambu closed the door on returning to the EFF, calling his former party a ‘cult’

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
MK party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. (@NhlamuloNdhlela/X)
ANC

MK party’s ‘December 16’ faction pushing for spokesperson Ndhlela to be secretary general

The faction is opposed to those who joined from other parties, such as Floyd Shivambu, assuming strategic leadership positions in uMkhonto weSizwe party

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
The red beret and EFF leader Julius Malema reflect the image of the party. Photo: File
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT

Malema: Zuma’s MK party wants to undermine EFF under the guise of ‘black unity’

Parties such as Xiluva, and the South African Rainbow Alliance have recently been absorbed by uMkhonto weSizwe party

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read
The MK party has removed Mzwanele Manyi as its chief whip in the National Assembly, less than a year after his appointment.
COLLEEN MAKHUBELE

MK party sacks Manyi as chief whip, replaces him with Makhubela

Jacob Zuma’s party has removed Mzwanele Manyi, replacing him with former Joburg speaker Colleen Makhubele amid calls for leadership restructuring

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Floyd Shivambu said small parties should not fight in different corners when there was already a revolutionary progressive platform. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC BY ELECTION STRATEGY

MK party calls on smaller parties to join it and topple ANC-led unity government

The Jacob Zuma-led party has targeted ward by-elections and student representative councils for growth after the 29 May elections

  • Lunga Mzangwe
7 min read
Former Democratic Alliance Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi has joined the uMkhonto weSizwe party. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BONGANI BALOYI

Bongani Baloyi joins Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party

Former DA Midvaal mayor says his Xiluva party will be deregistered and he has encouraged those who voted for him in the elections to join MK

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
Despite a high court ruling removing unlawfully-elected ANC mayor Dada Morero, the ANC still managed to score itself five new Johannesburg council chairperson positions on Thursday as it cemented its new-found strength in the city. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS

ANC cements its numbers in City of Johannesburg council

The Patriotic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters ditch the Democratic Alliance during the election of council chairpersons

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read
Reinstated Joburg Mayor, Mpho Phalatse at Mail Guardian 200 Young. Photo: Mziwamaqithi Mzinzi
ANC

‘It’s good to be back,’ says Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse

The reinstated Johannesburg mayor tells her first council meeting since being ousted that she will focus on stability and service delivery

  • Khaya Koko
1 min read
Former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse. Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ANC

‘Ulterior’ motives in removal of Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse, court rules

The court said all decisions taken by new ANC mayor Dada Morero are ‘unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid’

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read