'They don't know who we are': Zuma threatens action against IEC over MK's 'big votes'
uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma warned the IEC that it"didn't know what his party was made of" and that it"would do something that had never happened before": lay charges against the electoral body.
The results are, however, always announced on the weekend after elections and there is no evidence that the IEC rushed the announcement. "They are provoking us. We haven't left this matter alone. We are going to walk slowly with them. We are the smartest in South Africa... We won't back down.""Let's remain calm. We will deal with them until the matter is concluded.The MK Party and its supporters have been driving a consistent narrative targeting the IEC - and by extension, the electoral process itself, since the beginning of the year.
Former president Jacob Zuma singing outside the Gauteng High Court following the hearing of an urgent application against himself and the MK Party. Zuma took several swipes at President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying he wouldn't vote for a leader who"hides money under the mattress", a reference to the Phala Phala scandal.
"When I started to notice that the ANC didn't listen if we tried to convince them, I decided to go underground. I spoke to a few comrades, telling them how to tackle the ANC. After seeing that those few people spoke big English terms, I decided to do it on my own.
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