Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is shaping the landscape as it gears up for its first anniversary on 16 December its ranks bolstered by several high-profile defectors from Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)...

THE NEW FRONT LINE UMKHONTO WESIZWE Dali Mpofu – Former African National Congress (ANC) member; first national chair of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Jacob Zuma's lawyer...

Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has wasted no time in getting its policy tsar to work laying on motorcades around the provinces with local MK leaders political rallies and a gala dinner for its newly appointed national organiser former Economic Freedom Front (EFF) deputy president Floyd Shivambu...

However the EFF which was the third-largest party in the 2019 election with 44 seats was knocked into fourth place by Zuma's MK winning only 38 seats (Dispatches 7/8/24 Chastened ANC pins the blame on Jacob Zuma)...

Jacob Zuma who is yet to hold an elective conference has not been shy about hiring and firing – including the recent axing of the party's secretary-general Arthur Zwane and treasurer-general Danisa Zulu – and rehiring MK leaders...

Former cabinet spokesperson Jacob Zuma Foundation spokesperson African Transformation Movement MP then EFF MP and now MK member...

Grandiose plans for the construction of eight nuclear plants in South Africa for US$73 billion 10 years ago forged by President Jacob Zuma came to nothing when he lost office (AC Vol 58 No 1 Power struggle goes nuclear)...

And on 17 June the political vehicle for former President Jacob Zuma uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) also joined...

The DA on the urging of its business sponsors has made compromises to keep the GNU project alive – but above all to keep Julius Malema's populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party out of government (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...

As a close Ramaphosa ally Mchunu is expected to tackle endemic corruption in the police force over the past decade and clean up residual sleepers in police intelligence from the era of discredited former President Jacob Zuma...

The third faction are those who broadly support ex-President Jacob Zuma and his allies in the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party and would like to see them back in the fold and strongly oppose the GNU's inclusion of the Democratic Alliance...

Others who played a key role in the unfolding drama include: Jacob Zuma: The election entry of the former President on a populist ticket in December last year siphoned so much of the ANC's support that the ruling party at 40...

Former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party which won 14...

A substantial number in the ANC ranks – it's unclear whether it's a majority or not – favour an alliance of sorts with ex-President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe party (14...

THE DANGERS OF A KWAZULU-NATAL EXPLOSION South Africa's security chiefs have mounted a sweeping security operation in KwaZulu-Natal province to prevent post-election violence in the wake of former President Jacob Zuma's stunning election victory...