By Johnathan Paoli
The Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party held a mini-rally event at the Mpumalanga stadium in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday, notably without the presence of party leader Jacob Zuma.
Initial reports have suggested that there was double booking and Zuma was due to appear at another rally in the Western Cape, but this could not be confirmed.
Yet despite the absence of Zuma and delays in the start, things got off the ground to a upbeat crowd with short addresses frurrentom party leaders.
MK leader Visvin Reddy, speaking at the start, said today’s event was not a rally, but rather a “meet and greet”, and that people had gathered to meet the party leadership.
“Do not judge a party’s success by how much we can fill up a stadium, because today we have learnt that political parties pay people to come to their stadium,” Reddy said.
MK has made
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