Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

The DA on the urging of its business sponsors has made compromises to keep the GNU project alive – but above all to keep Julius Malema's populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party out of government (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...

As a close Ramaphosa ally Mchunu is expected to tackle endemic corruption in the police force over the past decade and clean up residual sleepers in police intelligence from the era of discredited former President Jacob Zuma...

The third faction are those who broadly support ex-President Jacob Zuma and his allies in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and would like to see them back in the fold and strongly oppose the GNU's inclusion of the Democratic Alliance...

Others who played a key role in the unfolding drama include: Jacob Zuma: The election entry of the former President on a populist ticket in December last year siphoned so much of the ANC's support that the ruling party at 40...

Former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party which won 14...

A substantial number in the ANC ranks – it's unclear whether it's a majority or not – favour an alliance of sorts with ex-President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe party (14...

THE DANGERS OF A KWAZULU-NATAL EXPLOSION South Africa's security chiefs have mounted a sweeping security operation in KwaZulu-Natal province to prevent post-election violence in the wake of former President Jacob Zuma's stunning election victory...

We hear that Ramaphosa and allies were worried that Mabuza an erstwhile ally of ex-President Jacob Zuma would switch to Zuma's new party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) which some pollster claim could take half the votes in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)...

Electoral activists say that Russia is backing both the ANC and former President Jacob Zuma...

Africa Confidential understands that the high-risk stations are mainly in KwaZulu-Natal where the newly formed MK party of former President Jacob Zuma is making a bid to topple the ruling ANC as the biggest party in the province with some spillover into Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces...

5% and the still more populist uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party of former President Jacob Zuma 8...

The complex arithmetic between provincial and national votes means that former President Jacob Zuma's new party could wreck the ruling African National Congress's (ANC) chances of scraping a narrow majority in the elections on 29 May...

JACOB ZUMA'S LEGACY PARTY ON PARADE The interim National Leadership Core of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) is made up of mostly former African National Congress members loyal to former President Jacob Zuma...

New popular breakaway parties including uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) endorsed by former President Jacob Zuma and the African Congress for Transformation (ACT) formed by former ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule and the formation of the country's first pre-electoral coalition the Multi-Party Charter led by the Democratic Alliance (DA) pose a major threat to the ANC remaining in power...

The IFP – which is in a pivotal three-way battle for KwaZulu-Natal with the ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) the new party of former President Jacob Zuma – secured only R191 040 in private donations in the third quarter of 2023/24...

Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates Qatar Russia and Chinese money are increasingly funding party political activities in South Africa – mainly to the ANC and to uMkhonto weSizwe the new party of former President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 64 No 12 Arms in the night & Vol 64 No 18 Beijing asserts global south leadership role)...