CHARLES MOLELE|
THE meeting between Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) and the ANC’s national officials on Monday is expected to set the scene for an open rebellion of the party’s rank-and-file against President Cyril Ramaphosa in the next coming days.
The highly anticipated meeting comes after the ANC peace and stability subcommittee’s recommendation to dissolve the military veterans’ association.
A powerful faction aligned to former President Jacob Zuma plans to use the meeting and a series of other events in the coming week as part of a scorched-earth strategy designed to fight back and break Ramaphosa’s ‘ruthless’ grip on the party.
The pro-Zuma faction is still reeling following the suspension of ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule from the party – an episode which has deepened the divisions and plunged the African continent’s oldest liberation movement into its most serious crisis since its founding in 1912.
The military veterans
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