MK party to officially launch in January 2024

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party will officially launch in January 2024 at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium.

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According to the SABC website, this was revealed in a letter penned by the party’s National Coordinator, Lotta Mayana, to the party’s ground forces.

The letter to MK’s party’s ground forces comes a day after the African National Congress (ANC) sent a letter demanding that the party by Friday, 29 December cease the use of the name uMkhonto weSizwe or any other name which is similar to the ANC’s uMkhonto we Sizwe, or else face legal action.

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In the letter, Mayana says that MK party will commence with its effort to establish lower structures on the Wednesday, 27 December in Limpopo, with the provinces of Mpumalanga, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and North West following soon after.

Mayana urged members to ensure that they are felt and seen in every corner of communities with the aim to serve and embark on an aggressive recruitment efforts to fill party’s ranks.

He says this is to ensure that MK is strong enough to remove the ANC from government.

Meanwhile, the governing party has noted its former president Jacob Zuma leaving the ANC electorally for the new MK party.

Current ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says his predecessor is free to express his political views and vote like all other South Africans.

In addition, COSATU says Zuma’s decision not to campaign or vote for the ANC is a non-issue.

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