UJacob Zuma, umholi we-uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, waqeda iQembu Lomsebenzi KaMongameli weqembu ngomhlaka-28 Julayi 2026 waqoka iQembu Elisha LobuMongameli Elinobuhlakani njengegunya eliphakeme kakhulu lokwenza izinqumo, ngenkathi eqoka nendodana yakhe, uDuduzane Zuma, njengephini likamongameli wokuqala weqembu ngomhlaka-10 Agasti 2026. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uZuma wathatha ukulawula ngqo ezezimali zeqembu, wahoxisa zonke ezinye izikhulu igunya lokusayina, waqoka uMpiyakhe Fanyana Limba njengomgcinimafa-jikelele ngemuva kokusula kukaDkt Thanti Mthanti, ngokusho kwezitatimende ezivela eqenjini kanye nemibiko yabezindaba.

Ukwenza Izinqumo Ezihlanganisiwe Nokulawulwa Kwezezimali

Izinyathelo zikaZuma zishintshe kakhulu isakhiwo kanye nokuphathwa kwe-MK Party selokhu aba ngumholi wayo osemthethweni ngo-Ephreli 2024, ethatha indawo kaJabulani Khumalo. Ngokusho kombiko we-The Citizen kanye ne-Daily Maverick, uZuma manje unegunya elilodwa lokunquma ngokuqokwa kweqembu kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali, eqeda ukubhekwa ngokubambisana yizikhulu zeqembu mayelana nezimali kanye nokuqokwa kobuholi.

Echaza lezi zinguquko, uZuma wathi, “Ngasho kwasekuqaleni ukuthi angifuni kukhethwe abantu ngoba kuyinkinga. Kodwa ngikushiyile ngoba amaqabane athi, ‘Masikwenze’. Manje inkinga engangizama ukuyigwema isiphezu kwethu. Ngangifuna ukwenza lokhu ngedwa futhi [ngikwazi] ukusho ukuthi ‘wena nawe nawe’, ngokusekelwe olwazini lwami ngabo,” njengoba kucashunwe yi-Daily Maverick. Izenzo zakhe ziphakamise impikiswano mayelana nezinga lentando yeningi yangaphakathi ngaphakathi kwezakhiwo ze-MK Party.

Ukuhlela Kabusha Isikhathi kanye Nemiphumela Ye-Party

Kusukela ngomhlaka-16 Ephreli 2024, lapho uZuma eqinisekiswa njengomholi weqembu nguMasego Sheburi we-IEC, i-MK Party ibone ukuguquka okusheshayo ezikhundleni ezibalulekile. Ukuqokwa kukaLimba njengomgcinimafa-jikelele ngomhlaka-28 Mashi 2025 kanye nokufakwa esikhundleni kweQembu Lomsebenzi KaMongameli ngeQembu Lomongameli Eliyiqhinga kuphawula ukuhlanganiswa okukhulu kwamandla ngaphansi kukaZuma kanye nabalingani bakhe abaseduze.

Lezi zinguquko zidonsele ukunaka kwabalandeli be-MK kanye nabagxeki ngokufanayo, lapho ababukeli bephawula umthelela ongaba khona ebunyeni beqembu kanye nesiqondiso senqubomgomo yesikhathi esizayo. Indlela kaZuma yobuholi egxile ekuholeni ibonisa ukuphambuka okuphawulekayo kumamodeli okubusa ngokubambisana avame ukusetshenziswa kwamanye amaqembu aseNingizimu Afrika. Njengoba izakhiwo ezintsha zeqembu zivumelana, wonke amehlo ahlala ebheke esigabeni esilandelayo senqubomgomo kanye nentuthuko yenhlangano ngaphakathi kwe-MK Party.

I-IEC iqinisekisile ukuthi uJabulani Khumalo akaseyena umholi weqembu, ithi, “Iqembu lisinike isaziso sokuthi uJabulani Khumalo akaseyena umholi weqembu le-MK,” njengoba kubikwe yi-Business Day.

Ithimba likaMongameli Wezobunhloli kulindeleke ukuthi lihlangane manje, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi kube nezimemezelo ezengeziwe mayelana nenqubomgomo kanye nokukhethwa kwabantu abazongenela ukhetho ezinyangeni ezizayo.