Meeting Between MKMVA and The ANC’s Top Six Officials Has Collapsed

THE Monday meeting between leaders of Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans (MKMVA) and the ANC’s top six officials has collapsed.

MKMVA spokesperson Carl Niehaus said the meeting with the ANC’s top six officials collapsed because ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe was disrespectful and ‘dictatorial’ towards members and leaders of the association.

He said the meeting with the ANC leadership was meant to get clarity on the future of the veteran’s association following a recommendation by the ANC subcommittee on peace and stability.  

“We will not be disrespected, nor will we bow to dictatorship,” said Niehaus.

Niehaus said in a statement that MKMVA was deeply aggrieved by the manner in which Mantashe conducted the meeting – including his decision to abruptly end