Some leaders of the church held a meeting in Umgababa, on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, where a letter written to the ANC informing the governing party of a decision to form a new political organisation was read out. The church complained about being sidelined by the ANC by not receiving government finance and not being consulted on crucial decisions.
Speculation is rife in the province that the Zuma grouping was even considering mobilising its members and supporters not to vote for the ANC on the national ballot next year to spite Ramaphosa.
ANC national working committee member and former KwaZulu-Natal chairman Senzo Mchunu said the ruling party was aware of plan.
“We’re aware . . . for now we’re calling it a rumour,” said Mchunu.
But Zikalala denied the existence of such a plan.
“These are totally, totally lies. There is not even a single person I have heard talking about that. I have never met anyone in the province, who have spoken about that issue formally or informally (sic),” said Zikalala.
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