Ekuthuthukeni okuphawulekayo kwezepolitiki eMpumalanga, i uMkhonto weSizwe I-Party (MKP), egunyazwe nguMengameli wangaphambilini u-Jacob Zuma, ithole indawo yesibili ebalulekile okhethweni lwayo lokuqala lokuchibiyela. Lo mcimbi ubuphawule ngendlela emangalisayo, udlula iNkatha Freedom Party (IFP) kanye ne-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

Umncintiswano wokhetho eGovan Mbeki

Ukhetho lokuchibiyela lwenzeke kuWadi 4 kuMasipala iGovan Mbeki, esigodini saseGert Sibande, ngoLwesithathu olwedlule. Lolu khetho lube yisidingo sokushona kwekhansela le-ANC uSimphiwe Sindelo nomunye umuntu, abadutshulwa babulawa ngoDisemba 2023.

I-Ward 4, eyaziwa ngokubhalisela ukuvota okungatheni kwabangu-2,558 ezifundeni ezimbili zokuvota, ibone i-African National Congress (ANC) igcina isikhundla sayo ngamavoti angu-1,086, okusho ukuthi u-50.84% wawo wonke amavoti. I-MKP iqhamuke njengembangi esabekayo, yathola amavoti angu-598 noma angu-28%, okuwumzamo omkhulu ngaphambi kwamavoti angu-194 e-EFF (9.08%) kanye namavoti angu-27 e-IFP (1.2%).

Ukwengeza, iSingukukhanya Kwezwe Christian Party ithole amavoti amahlanu, kwathi iTruth and Solidarity Movement ayizange iwathole amavoti, okukhombisa ukuthi ngisho nalowo owayengenele ukhetho, uSabelo Nkosi, unqabile ukulivotela.

Ibutho Lezombangazwe Elikhulayo

Ukunyukela kwe-MKP esikhundleni sesibili kukhombisa umthelela wayo okhulayo. Abahlaziyi bezepolitiki bebevele belindele ukuthi iqembu KwaZulu-Natal lidlale ngokuqina, likhuthazwe yimpumelelo yalo muva nje okhethweni lokuchibiyela esifundazweni.

KwaZulu-Natal leli qembu likhombise ngamandla alo okhethweni. Okhethweni lokuchibiyela kuWadi 2 wasoPhongolo, okuyindawo ebiphethwe i-IFP, i-MKP ithole amavoti angu-687 kwangu-2,446 esewonke. Yize i-IFP ihlwithe lesi sigceme ngamavoti angu-890, isabelo sayo sehle kakhulu sisuka okhethweni olwedlule lohulumeni basekhaya olwalungu-48.37% saya ku-36.39%.

Kuphinde kwabonakala okufanayo okhethweni lokuchibiyela kuWadi 8 kuMasipala wabaQulusi, lapho i-MKP ithole amavoti angu-211 kwangu-1,085, okukhombisa ukukhula kwezikhalazo zabavoti.

I-MKP: Ukukhetha Kwabantu

Kulandela ukusebenza kwayo okhethweni lokuchibiyela lwaseMpumalanga, i-MKP igubhe impumelelo yayo ngomyalezo ku-X (owayekade ibizwa nge-Twitter), izwakalisa ukubonga kwayo kubasekeli bayo:

Ibutho eliluhlaza selikwenzile ngokuphindaphindiwe! Ngaphandle kwezinsiza, imali enikeziwe kodwa uthando olumsulwa ngabantu. Inhlangano yabantu eyethulwe mhla ziyi-16 kuZibandlela wezi-2023, uMkhonto weSizwe wabantu usufikile futhi yiwona kuphela ongakhethwa ngabantu.

I-Electoral Dynamics kanye Nokubikezelwa Kwekusasa

I-Social Research Foundation (SRF) iveze ucwaningo olukhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka kwehle ukwesekwa kwe-ANC KwaZulu-Natal kuya ku-25%, ukwehla kakhulu kusuka ku-54% okhethweni lukazwelonke lwango-2019. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-MKP, eyethulwe ngokusemthethweni nguZuma ngo Soweto ngoDisemba, okwavotwa ku-24%, okuphakamisa ukuthi lokhu kuba nomthelela omkhulu kusizinda sabavoti be-ANC esifundazweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusebenza kwe-MKP evotini lesifundazwe kuye kuzwelonke kuma ku-28%, okukhomba ukuthi inamandla okumela eSishayamthetho Sikazwelonke ngemuva kokhetho lwangomhla zingama-29 kuNhlaba.

Ithebula: Imiphumela yokhetho lokuchibiyela lwaseMpumalanga

Lo mphumela wokhetho eMpumalanga awugcizeleli nje kuphela isimo sezepolitiki esithuthukayo kodwa futhi ukhombisa ithonya elikhulayo le-MKP, ikakhulukazi ezifundeni phambilini ebezibuswa izikhulu zezepolitiki zendabuko. Njengoba izimo zezombusazwe ziqhubeka nokuthuthuka, imiphumela yokhetho oluzayo kanye nenkulumo ebanzi yezepolitiki eNingizimu Afrika isalokhu kuyisihloko esithakaselwa kakhulu futhi sibhekisiswa.