Kebby Maphatsoe

The death on 28 August of Kebby Maphatsoe a former minister and Zuma ally and leader of the disbanded wing of the ANC's military veterans known as Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) has robbed the RET faction of one if its most vocal activists (AC Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...

Once-vocal Zuma stalwarts such as Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) leader Kebby Maphatsoe and Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina have fallen silent...

Ahead of the NEC meeting Ramaphosa's accusers were either: those with criminal convictions Tony Yengeni; those facing criminal charges Andile Lungisa; and those facing serial corruption allegations Nomvula Mokonyane; or those aligned with the anti-Ramaphosa camp Mzwandile Masina Carl Niehaus and Kebby Maphatsoe...

Disgraced ANC members like Carl Niehaus and Veterans League head Kebby Maphatsoe have also been key members of the Dlamini-Zuma camp...

However the MK Military Veterans' Association leader and Deputy Defence Minister Kebby Maphatsoe is unfazed...

The Chairman of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association Kebby Maphatsoe has threatened Motlanthe with political oblivion if he continues to campaign...

Chairman Kebby Maphatsoe boycotted the meeting and persuaded Zuma not to attend after first trying to cancel the event (AC Vol 52 No 7 Zuma’s presidential primary)...

The Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) – retired guerrillas of the old ANC’s armed wing – has come out in support of Zuma and the Guptas and its Chairman Kebby Maphatsoe says he wants the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) to discipline Julius Malema its President who has been vocally criticising the brothers...

Kebby Mphatsoe Chairman of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association said ANC veterans backed Malema’s call for leadership change...