Johnathan Paoli
THE Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has said it is boycotting Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.
In a statement on Tuesday, MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party won’t attend a ceremony honouring a “sell out” Presidency, who was the result of rigged and illegal elections.
“We refuse to join the spitting of the graves of those who died for this freedom by attending the symbolic wedding ceremony of a house negro called Ramaphosa, with the slave master, Helen Zille,” Ndhlela said.
The party called on others to reject the celebration of what they referred to as the continued oppression under the guise of a DA-ANC coalition.
Additionally, Ndhlela called out the recent announcement of a coalition between the ANC and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) in the Northern Cape.
“The ANC surrendered a part of our country and continent to unrepentant
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