ANC laughs off MK Party’s two-thirds majority ambitions

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said on Wednesday the MK Party’s target of a two-thirds majority in May’s election was just a pipe dream.

He said the party’s leader, former President Jacob Zuma, failed to amass such numbers when he was at the helm of the governing party. 

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WE LAST GOT TWO-THIRDS UNDER THABO MBEKI – SG

“I hear them (MK Party) say they want two-thirds, but how will he (Zuma) get it when he never gave us — we last got it with Thabo Mbeki,” Mbalula said to Timeslive.

He said the ANC had not expected “a father who grew up in this struggle, worked for this liberation, a veteran took the spear and left with it.” However, he emphasised that the ANC was forging ahead.

‘FORMATION OF MK IS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX ANC FROM THE OUTSIDE’

Mbalula also criticised the credibility of those ANC members who had left for the party to join Mk. He said Zuma’s formation of the MK Party was an attempt to “fix the ANC from the outside.”

“We know those who joined MK did so to get positions; that is why it’s quiet here in the ANC- the troublesome people have left. When I look at them, I see people who had problems. They are bitter because they didn’t get positions. Some are in court trials because of corruption,” he said.

ANC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KZN AHEAD OF MANIFESTO LAUNCH

The ANC is criss-crossing KZN mobilising support for its manifesto launch on Saturday. While the party is facing an uphill battle to maintain its dominance ahead of the election, Mbalula told party volunteers to not be ashamed of highlighting its wins. 

“When we campaign don’t go as if there’s nothing you can tell the people — this election is do or die. The enemy says we did nothing but our history is evident — we have changed lives.