Former president Jacob Zuma has withdrawn from campaigning or voting for the ANC of which he has been a member for 64 years, to vote for the newly registered Umkhonto Wesizwe party.Zuma launched an attack on the current president of the ANC and country, Cyril Ramaphosa, calling him a proxy of white monopoly capital and insinuating that he had ended his party’s future.
He made the announcement at a special press briefing at the Ipeleng Centre in Orlando East, Soweto, on Saturday.
During the announcement that was made by his daughter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, he said it saddened him that he had to make that decision after so many years.“After much reflection, it truly saddens me that the ANC of today is not the once great movement that we loved and were prepared to lay down our lives for.
“I believe that it is not enough to withdraw from the ANC campaign which will lead our people to more misery, poverty, racism, unemployment, deepening load shedding and a government led by sellouts and apartheid collaborators. It is also our duty to guide our people on what to do in order to save our revolution from its enemies and to achieve the society envisaged in the Freedom Charter.
“I therefore wish to announce that in 2024, I will vote for the Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) Party. It has already been registered with the IEC with my knowledge and blessings, in response to various pleas expressed to me by some religious leaders,” Zuma said.Zuma accused Ramaphosa of suspected fraudulent manipulation of conference outcomes.
He was referring to the party’s elective conference that took place in Nasrec, where Ramaphosa defeated Zweli Mkhize for the ANC presidency last December.
“Given the death of democratically elected structures of the ANC and the role of money in determining electoral outcomes since the CR17 scandal of blatant white monopoly capture of the organisation and the suspected fraudulent manipulation of conference outcomes, I have full sympathy with those comrades who believe that the ANC can no longer be saved from within its non-existent structures,” Zuma said.
He said something more bold, creative, and dramatic needed to be done “by those who love the real ANC”.
“Firstly, the ANC kept quiet when the powers of the President were taken away in the appointment of the Chair of the Commission on so-called State Capture. This symbolised an opportunistic amendment of the Constitution of South Africa.
“Secondly, the ANC kept quiet when it became clear that the 2017 national conference and the position of President had been stolen or bought by forces outside of the organisation for an amount ranging between the R300 million, which the President admitted under oath, and the estimated R1 billion or more, found by the Public Protector in her BOSASA report in which Ramaphosa was fingered.
“Thirdly, the turning point for me was the misguided statement made by the ANC President, that the ANC is Accused Number 1 for Corruption in South Africa. Neither the leadership of the ANC in the NEC nor the membership at the most recent national conference saw the need to challenge or change that incorrect statement.
“Fourthly, the ANC expelled its Secretary-General using the selective application of the so-called step-aside rule but will now allow the President who is also facing criminal charges to top its list for the next election.
“Fifthly, the ANC stood idle when 400 black people were massacred in KwaZulu-Natal following the avoidable July 2021 unrest caused by the Constitutional Court and Mr Raymond Zondo due to my imprisonment without trial under the ANC of Ramaphosa.
“Sixthly, the last straw was when, due to the Public Protector’s 31 questions in the investigation of the Phalaphala scandal, she was suspended and then impeached by the ANC, DA and Freedom Front working together. I have now been told that the ANC of Ramaphosa has decided to vote in favour of the impeachment of Judge President Hlophe and Judge Motata. The ANC of Ramaphosa has declared war against progressive black professionals and intellectuals.
“Lastly, the ANC of Ramaphosa has plunged the country into darkness with load shedding which has ruined the economy. This could have been easily avoided by keeping the best management which successfully prevented load shedding and adopting nuclear energy many years ago. Today we are told that nuclear power has suddenly become affordable,” he said.
Source : IOL
Its Global….Politicians are all the same… they all want to be leaders and die in office
Does anyone know if this Jacob Zuma is still entitled to his pension benefits? …
They are all corrupt thieves who will sell their country to any Gupta offering to show them how to steal their country’s wealth
That headline is very very confusing!!
@Nsimbi: Is Zuma a Zambian expresident, engaging in politics after declaring retirement and receiving ex-president benefits?
@Mayibuye: We had one called Frederick Chipuba, who sold Zambia to white Boers from South Africa, and homosexuals from Lebanon; He was followed by an equally bad one years later called Michael Satan who sold the country to Chinese vermin, looted US $4 billion, and borrowed US $33 billion and looted it.
@journalist sure, is it saying Zuma has rejected the ANC’s pledges to vote for Umkhonto Wesizwe?
Now we know where ECL got his ideas from SA and Malawi
The misfortune of African politics is that subscribers to political parties don’t pay subscriptions to sustain their operations. We’ve adopted an expensive governance system that cut be sustained by members of political parties. As a result, those with money, especially multinational corporations invest in these organizations and expect to recoup that investment with good profits. In Africa, the largest consumer of goods and services is the government. So these investors influence government policy and business and not Party Manifestos. Both Zuma and Mbeki have withdrawn support from the ANC led by Ramaphosa and that’s unfortunate. We’re in the same shoes
Ayatollah you have said something I have never thought about in African politics, that is, political party membership without membership subscription. I think this is big anomaly. Political parties are in a way ‘owned’ by members and it follows that there ought to be an annual subscription to be paid by every member. If the law that regulates political parties is changed to make this compulsory, we will slowly build a culture of financial accountability in these organisations that seek to govern Zambia one day. Whn people are paying for something, they’re likely to demand accountability from the leadership, especially the party treasurers at different levels. If someone is too poor to pay membership subscription, they can just be party supporters but not members.
Both Zuma and Mbeki are sellouts
system that can’t be sustained by members
These old men they tested free money in Government and now they miss all the goodies ….Botswana President also wants to come back….
One can even afford to forgo his salary without going hungry or failing to travel abroad because of free government money, queer deals and having instruments of power to protect you all the way pa mupando.
Bakawalala….like they didn’t steal enough….now you know why HH is trying to create a one party state…wamuyayaya government
We stand with our father zuma. He is more zambian than that f00I hh
You will stand alone with him. Who wants to be associated with his corruption? We dont have short memories.
Fuseke
Zuma has formed his own political party to challenge Ramaphosa. Power corrupts; the more power you wield, the more rogue you become. In Uganda and Rwanda, we have life presidents supported by the West. In the US, a frail old man seeks reelection. In Malawi, the the former president wants to bounce back. In Russia, Turkey and Israel, their leaders have been in power for more than 20 years. All that is democracy for you and subjects are chanting: long live.. Zambia follows next.
He will just tribalise South African politics. Because of politicians like him, next election will see the balkanisation of South Africa. I see tribal and racial wars afoot
Zuma has been the most corrupt ANC President in South Africa. His misuse of Govt money to build his Nkandla residential complex and his association with the Guptas to facilitate State Capture, led to his removal as a Republican President. He constituted a strong network of weird politicians (Ace Magashule, Nkosazana & Malema), Civil Servants (Busisiwe Nkwebane) and a Security agent (who fermented the Phala Phala saga) to discredit Ramaphosa. In all his public pronouncements, Zuma has tactically avoided to mention the Guptas. The hidden network of Zuma, Magashule, Nkwebane, Malema, Nkosazana is a curious mathematical puzzle. The same events are unfolding in Zambia.
We need to remodel our governance system from this western style democracy where all manner of crooks and criminals present themselves as leaders. They take the elections for a gambling casino, to get rich with ill-gotten riches through grand corruption & theft. We need a people driven dictatorship anchored on economic growth & rules on proven leadership, high moral standing, proven delivery in lower organs before ascendance to higher office. The system will veto opportunists, known crooks, criminals from political office. Grand corruption needs to be punished by a death sentence. The West is in decline as a result of this liberal democracy whilst China is in ascendance because of its people driven dictatorship and and tough no nonsense laws.
Yes Ramaphosa is a stooge of western capital. Zuma is a common thief and conman who sold his country to nearest( not highest, bidder/fellow thieves) for a kickback. Which way to go. That’s the dilemma Africa faces.
Both zuma and ramaphosa are criminals.
The ANC in general is full of corrupt individuals
Just like the UPND and the PF in Zambia