Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
“We did it!” screamed the MK Party’s Duduzile Zuma on her arrival at the party’s one-year anniversary celebrations at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
The Jacob Zuma-led party shot into the political space just six months before the national and provincial elections and caused an upset by replacing the EFF as the third biggest political party.
Zuma has been saying he established the MK Party in an attempt to save the ANC.
He was adamant that he remained a member of the ANC possessing dual membership until the ANC expelled him.
Since its establishment, the party has been eating into the ANC base, especially in KwaZulu-Natal where it is now the biggest party.
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Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto We Sizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. Governing parties and opposition parties such as the EFF and MK Party are all accountable in a democracy and must make declarations about their funding according to constitutional requirements. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
Members of the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party arrive for the celebration of the party's one-year anniversary at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
The MK Party has also been recruiting senior EFF leaders including its former deputy president Floyd Shivambu who is now the MK Party’s secretary-general.
Former EFF MPs Dali Mpofu, Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Mzwanele Manyi have also since joined the MK Party.
Thousands of its supporters gathered at the Moses Mabhida Stadium to celebrate the one-year milestone.
They were treated to entertainment from bikers and countless performers.
There was a frenzy when Zuma arrived on stage as many of his party’s supporters rejoiced at the sight of their favourite leader.
Though the stadium was not packed to the rafters, the thousands of supporters who came to witness the celebrations danced and sang along to the songs mostly by Maskandi artists.
Zuma’s son Duduzane was also present, clad in MK Party regalia. It is unclear if he has now joined his father’s party but he received loud cheers from the crowd.
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