JUSTICE MALALA | Zuma’s ‘Freedom Day coup’: don’t be fooled that it’ll hurt the MK Party significantly

Founder Jabulani Khumalo and his comrades were always mere tools in Zuma’s hands

28 April 2024 - 21:06

What does the ‘Freedom Day Coup’ — in which former president Jacob Zuma overthrew and expelled the MK Party’s founding leader Jabulani Khumalo and four senior members — mean? Is this the beginning of the end for the new party, as some speculate? Does it matter?..

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