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MONEY WOES: Zuma’s MKP in financial troubles, but still fund court battles to raise profile
24Sep By News SANo Comments
Politics

MONEY WOES: Zuma’s MKP in financial troubles, but still fund court battles to raise profile

By Thobile Jiwulane: Jacob Zuma-led Umkhonto Wesizwe party (MKP)’s financial woes are deepening – the party announced cost-cutting measures that include a wholesale travel ban for all its members and structures with immediate effect. Will Zuma stop travelling? The travel ban would also affect the party's top leadership, which includes President Jacob Zuma, the founder and president of the party and other national executives. Indications were that even the party parliamentarians may not be able to travel or the party to undertake its political tasks outside of its KwaZulu-Natal stronghold until its financial books are put in order. The party treasurer-general, Mpiyakhe Limba, has issued a notice addressed to all national officials, the national high comm...
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SHIVAMBU IN FREE STATE: The battle to reclaim Africa’s true freedom begins
15Jul By News SANo Comments
Politics

SHIVAMBU IN FREE STATE: The battle to reclaim Africa’s true freedom begins

By Becker Semela: Caption: Leading the charge: Floyd Shivambu speaks to volunteers about restoring true freedom for Africa through the Mayibuye Construction Process (Image: Becker Semela) A storm is rising in the heart of South Africa, and its name is Mayibuye. In a powerful display of political defiance and revolutionary zeal, Floyd Shivambu, the national convenor of the Mayibuye Construction Process (MCP), stood before a packed hall at the BON Hotel in Bloemfontein - not just to speak, but to ignite. Volunteers from every corner of the Free State converged, not with blind hope, but with burning questions, sharpened expectations, and a hunger for authentic liberation. This was no ordinary meeting. It was a declaration of intent. “What we are living today is not true fr...
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NOT OUR MANDATE: MKP lambastes Shivambu for an unmandated visit to Shepherd Bushiri
20Apr By News SANo Comments
Politics

NOT OUR MANDATE: MKP lambastes Shivambu for an unmandated visit to Shepherd Bushiri

By Thobile Jiwulane MKP top leadership with Floyd Shivambu (centre) flanked by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla (left) and President Jacob Zuma (right). (Image: MKP website) In yet another installment in the ongoing spat between Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) and its secretary-general Floyd Shivambu, the party has distanced itself from his recent visit to the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) and its leader and self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in Malawi. Bushiri is a fugitive from justice in South Africa after him and his wife were arrested in October 2020 and faced multiply charges including rape, fraud, money laundering, violating exchange control regulations and contravening bail conditions, among others.  The police were also investigating tax evasion after he all...
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