The ANC Secretary General said the new MK party sought to tarnish the proud history and heritage of the ruling party.
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said the
“Today we are here at court in Mongaung to legally challenge the use of the name and symbols of uMkhonto weSizwe by a new party led by one of the former leaders of the African National Congress,” he said. “Indeed, heroes can become villains.”‘Tactics of counter-revolution’ forces “The formation of breakaway parties is part of the strategy and tactics of counter-revolution, whose goal is to stop or derail the national democratic revolution.
The SG said anti-transformation forces are converging into coalitions. These also encourage and fund rebel breakaway groupings, he said.
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