USihlalo kaZwelonke we-ANC uGwede Mantashe uzwakalise ukumangala kwakhe ngempumelelo yakamuva yeqembu loMkhonto weSizwe (MK) KwaZulu-Natal.

Phezu kwalezi zigigaba ebezingalindelekile, uMantashe usanethemba ngokusebenza kwe-ANC kwezinye izifunda. Njengamanje, i- Iphathi ye-MK idlule i-ANC, IFP, ne-EFF KwaZulu-Natal. Nokho, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi imiphumela zisaqala njengoba ukubalwa kwamavoti kuqhubeka ezweni lonke. UMantashe uyazethemba ukuthi iqembu le-MK ngeke lifane nale mpumelelo nakwezinye izifundazwe.

“Benze kahle eKZN, kumele sithi benza kahle eKZN. Bake bangimangaza kancane lapho, kodwa ngeke bakwenze lokho kwezinye izifundazwe. Ngeke bakwenze lokho e-Eastern Cape. Ngibuka iGauteng,”

Kusho uMantashe.

Ngesikhathi uMantashe ebuzwa ngamathemba e-ANC eMpumalanga, uMantashe ukugcizelele ukuthi:

“IMpumalanga, ngeke benze kahle eMpumalanga. Sizokwenza kahle. Sizokwenza kahle eMpumalanga. Ngiyakutshela manje, sizokwenza kahle eMpumalanga, sizokwenza kahle eLimpopo, sizokwenza kahle e-Eastern Cape, sizokwenza kahle eFree State senza kahle kakhulu eNorth West.”

Nakuba ukusebenza kweqembu le-MK KwaZulu-Natal sekudonse amehlo abantu, ukuthembela kukaMantashe emandleni e-ANC kuzo zonke izifundazwe kukhomba ukukholelwa ekutheni leli qembu linethonya elihlala njalo kanye nokufinyelela. Izinsuku ezizayo zizoveza ukuthi leli themba linesisekelo esiqinile yini njengoba kuvela imiphumela yokugcina.