USotswebhu Omkhulu we-uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party uMmabatho Mokoena-Zondi waboshwa ngomhlaka-28 Meyi 2026 ngamacala okukhwabanisa ngezinsolo zokukhwabanisa abasebenzi abane beqembu imali engu-R233,317 phakathi kuka-Agasti noDisemba 2024, ngokusho kwamarekhodi amaphoyisa nawenkantolo. Leli cala liyintuthuko yakamuva ochungechungeni lwezingxabano zezimali ezibhekene neqembu, eliholwa nguMengameli wangaphambilini uJacob Zuma futhi libhekane nokumiswa emsebenzini kwangaphambilini kanye nezinsolo zangaphakathi zokukhwabanisa ezifinyelela ezigidini zamarandi.

Ukukhwabanisa Kwemiholo Okusolwayo Nophenyo Oluqhubekayo

Ngokusho kukaWarrant Officer Zinzi Hani, uMokoena-Zondi kuthiwa waqasha abacwaningi futhi wafuna ukuthi banikele phakathi kwe-50% ne-60% yemiholo yabo ngecala lokukhokhela izindleko zomthetho zomongameli weqembu. Lolu daba lwabikwa ngamaphoyisa ngemuva kokuba abasebenzi abathintekile bevele obala, okwaholela ekuboshweni okusemthethweni kanye namacala abekwe uMokoena-Zondi ngemuva kwezinyanga zophenyo.

Ukuboshwa kwakhe kulandela isiphithiphithi sangaphakathi kusukela ngoMashi 2025, lapho iqembu limisa amalungu amathathu esiShayamthetho saKwaZulu-Natali ngenxa yezinsolo zokuphathwa kabi kwezezimali okuhlobene nokulahleka kuka-R7 million eMpumalanga. NgoJuni 2025, owayenguNobhala Jikelele we-MK Party uFloyd Shivambu wathi "kwakukhona ukukhishwa kwemali engaphansi kuka-R7 million njalo ngenyanga esikhwameni senhlangano," kanti amanye amalungu kuthiwa ahilelekile ekulahlekelweni okuqhubekayo. Lawa mahlazo aphindaphindwayo abangela ukufakwa kwezimali zeqembu endaweni eyodwa.

UZuma Uthatha Ukulawulwa Kwezezimali kanye Nemiphumela Ebanzi

Ngomhlaka-23 Julayi 2026, uJacob Zuma wathatha ukulawula okuqondile kwazo zonke izimali ze-MK Party futhi wahoxisa zonke iziphathimandla zokusayina ezikhona, njengoba kwabikwa okokuqala yi-Mail & Guardian. Imithombo esemthethweni eqenjini ithe lesi sinqumo siyimpendulo ezinsolweni eziqhubekayo zokukhwabanisa nokuphathwa kabi okwehlisa ukwethenjwa komphakathi nokwangaphakathi. Kusukela ekushicilelweni, uhlobo nomphumela wophenyo oluqhubekayo, okuhlanganisa nesicelo esingaqinisekisiwe semali engu-R33 million engekho esikhwameni seqembu, akukadalulwa ngamaphoyisa nezikhulu zeqembu.

Nakuba isisekelo sokusekela seqembu sigcina ukwethembeka okuqinile ezimisweni zalo zokusungula, lezi zinselele zezimali zikhulise izingcingo zokucaca okukhulu kanye nokuqapha. I-MK Party ayikakakhiphi isitatimende somphakathi esinemininingwane esichaza izinguquko noma isimo samanje semibuzo yangaphakathi. Imiphumela yezinqubo zenkantolo ezisalindile kanye nanoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa kwe-forensic kungakha imibono ebanzi ngezindinganiso zokubusa ezinyangeni ezizayo.

I-MK Party kulindeleke ukuthi iphawule kabanzi ngalolu daba ngemuva kokuvela kukaMokoena-Zondi enkantolo okulandelayo kanye nanjengoba izinqubo ezintsha zezimali zikaJacob Zuma ziqala ukusebenza.