Cape Town — The South African Communist Party (SACP) said they regret ever supporting Jacob Zuma’s bid to becoming South Africa’s president, all those years ago.
The SACP went from being one of Zuma’s staunchest allies, to one of his biggest critics, as they talked about the rise of corruption and attempted capture of the country by a parasitic network, EWN reported.
According to SACP general secretary, Solly Mapaila, Zuma pioneered state capture and opened the gates for corruption in parliament. By the end of Zuma’s tumultuous tenure, the SACP had turned against Zuma, and have now also criticised the former president for his role in the new uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party.
“What he has embarked upon, particularly mobilising former soldiers of uMkhonto weSizwe, is a counter-revolutionary act. We must say it for what it is, there’s nothing other than that,” Mapaila said.
“In a counter-revolutionary agenda that we now see, launching uMkhonto weSizwe as a party, even launching it on December 16, the heroic day for the people of South Africa. It even used it’s own manifesto to attack the ANC,” he added.
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila describes Former President Jacob Zuma as a counter-revolutionary force. He has sternly lambasted Zuma for endorsing the new uMkhonto Wesizwe party.
“What Zuma is looking for is violence in this country, nothing else” @Alpha_Mero25 pic.twitter.com/fpG164N7Zc
— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) January 11, 2024
The SACP were dealt another blow against Zuma’s MK party when Cleopatra Hani, the daughter of former SACP leader Chris Hani, revealed she would be joining the new party from the ANC.
According to The Witness, Hani has become the latest prominent figure to join Zuma’s new political party. Her dad, Chris, was a prominent political figure during Apartheid, where he was the secretary general of the SA Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of the ANC military wing, Mkhonto weSizwe, before his assassination in 1993.
While the MK party was registered by a person called Jabulani Khumalo, except for Zuma, it’s currently unclear who some of the organisation’s leaders are.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
