Mkhwebane joins MK Party after dumping the EFF
Mkhwebane was introduced as a new MK member at a media briefing in Sandton on Friday.
FILE: Former Economic Freedom Fighters member of Parliament and former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on 20 October 2023. Picture: Supplied/@ParliamentofRSA/X
JOHANNESBURG - Former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) member of Parliament Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has joined the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party).
On Friday, Mkhwebane was introduced as a new MK member at a media briefing in Sandton.
The one-year-old party is announcing the first of its provincial leaders.
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MK Party Secretary General Sfiso Maseko says Mkhwebane will be the organisation’s Mpumalanga leader.
“Advocate Mkhwebane is a seasoned public servant, and true fighter for justice and equal rights, we. All bear testament to that. She is the former PP who was unlawfully removed from the office, for confronting the status quo and asking the necessary and relevant questions to the sitting head of state.”
Another new MK Party member is the former ANC KwaZulu-Natal executive committee member, Willies Mchunu.
Maseko added that Mchunu will be the MK Party’s leader in Kwazulu-Natal.
“Our organisation is the largest political party in KZN, after the 2024 general elections. KZN is important to the MK Party because it will win in the foreseeable future and constitute government in the province.”
The impeached Public Protector believes the MK Party is the only formation that understands the persecution of black people in South Africa.
During the media briefing, she said she feels at home in the MK Party.
“I joined uMkhonto weSizwe because I felt it’s the home which understands the persecution of the black people; the oppression. The challenges which we are facing and fighting the captured system. So, I could relate to the constitution of uMkhonto weSizwe.”