Johnathan Paoli
Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party founder and expelled president Jabulani Khumalo has officially requested the Electoral Commission (IEC) to remove former President Jacob Zuma from the list of candidates running for a seat in Parliament.
In a letter dated 5 May but released on Tuesday morning, Khumalo said while he agreed to Zuma being the face of the party, he had never agreed to Zuma being president of MK.
Khumalo said he had formed the party in September last year, and that he had approached the former President for political advice and guidance. And that he had received the idea of the name and the date of the party’s launch from Zuma, and that he had helped raise funds for the party’s registration.
However, Khumalo said that it was always understood that Zuma was not a member of MK, and that in light of his declaration for supporting the
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