Cape Town – The ANC has denied claims that it approached former president Jacob Zuma or his uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party to join the Government of National Unity (GNU).
This follows a leaked voice note, allegedly of Zuma, rejecting a proposal to join the GNU and a provincial coalition in KwaZulu-Natal. In the recording, Zuma suggests the unity plan aimed to later exclude the DA.
“They are planning to come and convince me. They said the political party does not belong to an individual, it belongs to all of us. Our members were told to convince me to accept the proposal made by the ANC to have three parties take over the country,” Zuma is allegedly heard saying in the recording.
MK Party President Jacob Zuma rejected the ANC’s proposal to join the Government of National Unity (GNU).
Leaked audio reveals that the ANC had offered the MK Party a position in both the GNU and the Government of Provincial Unity in KwaZulu-Natal, but Zuma declined the offer.… pic.twitter.com/AR6pWiUOkl
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Zuma also spoke of his fallout with former president Thabo Mbeki and criticised the GNU deal.
The ANC expelled Zuma in July 2024 for forming the MK party, despite his previous assertion of lifelong loyalty to the ANC.
The GNU was established after the ANC lost its majority in the 2024 elections and now includes parties like the DA and FF+.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
