MK Party accused of forging signatures: 'They're cut from the same cloth as ANC'
It's alleged that the MK party employed a group dedicated to forging signatures of support by acquiring personal information from job seekers and members of funeral associations.
Picture: A man wearing an MK Party shirt attends the Shekainah Healing Ministries Prophetic Pillowcase service where Former President Jacob Zuma was present, in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on March 10, 2024. Picture: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP
Africa Melane interviews Political Analyst Sandile Swana.
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Lennox Ntsodo, a former high-ranking Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party member, accuses it of widespread signature forgery to meet the requirements for the upcoming elections.
He claims to have supervised a group dedicated to forging signatures after the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) turned down the party's initial registration.
It's alleged that this group acquired personal information from job seekers and members of funeral associations to fabricate support.
Despite party officials' denial of wrongdoing, Ntsodo has resigned and requested witness protection.
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These troubling accusations arose as the party ousted its co-founder Jabulani Khumalo and four other prominent members from its leadership ranks amid suspicions of questionable dealings with the African National Congress (ANC).
Swana says that the MK Party is 'cut from the same cloth' as the ANC, where fraud, internal purges, and a harsh culture against its members are commonplace.
He says that these allegations are not unexpected.
"If MK members, including Zuma himself, are purging people, it is because of the political DNA that they come from."
- Sandile Swana, Political Analyst
"Do not underestimate that the ANC culture is a very brutal culture to its own members and MK is cut from that same cloth."
- Sandile Swana, Political Analyst
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