Political experts are expressing concern over internal conflict within the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, citing the recent dismissal of four senior members in Mpumalanga by party leader Busisiwe Mkhwebane as a significant sign of instability.
Mpumalanga MK Party leader Busisiwe Mkhwebane recently dismissed four senior members of the party's provincial task team. The infighting within the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party is posing a serious threat to its future, political experts said yesterday. The analysts were reacting to Mpumalanga MK party leader Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who recently dismissed four senior members of the party’s provincial task team.
Mkhwebane asked Mike Ngobeni, Pro Khoza, Treasure Thabethe and Skhwameni Nkuna to cease their duties immediately. Mkhwebane accused the members of misconduct allegedly committed on 27 December, when the four left the party’s provincial leadership WhatsApp group. She said after they left the group, Khoza wrote a letter stating his intention to resign and also made “unfounded allegations” against some members. “Another letter was written by Commander Mike Ngobeni requesting a meeting and asking me to respond to the alleged crisis.“I therefore withdraw all the letters written to you allocating responsibilities as proposed during our first WhatsApp chat,” the letter read. contacted Mkhwebane for comment on the letters to the four, but she declined and referred questions to the party’s national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela. Sources within the party said they were shocked by Mkhwebane’s letter because she did not have the power to withdraw the tasks assigned to members by the national leadership.“The allocated and withdrawn tasks were unconstitutional since the allocator has no such constitutional powers,” said one source. The source said the members were continuing with their work even though they had been ordered to stop.Thobani Zuma‚ Sfiso Zuma and chief whip Kwazi Mbanjwa are facing charges of irregularities and transgressing the party’s constitution.Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast from Nelson Mandela University said: ”There is a fight going on in that party and that poses a serious threat to its futur
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